About AVI to GIF
AVI is one of the oldest video containers still in circulation: camcorders, older screen recorders, downloads and archived projects all produce it. Browsers and modern chat clients will not play an AVI, but almost all of them show a GIF inline, which makes conversion a practical way to rescue a short clip from an old file.
This converter accepts an .avi upload, decodes it with FFmpeg on our server and writes an animated GIF from the section you choose. Because GIF stores each frame as a full image, the length, frame rate and width you pick decide the file size. Choose a start time, keep the clip to ten seconds or less, pick 6 to 12 frames per second and a width from 160 to 480 pixels; the server builds a palette from the frames so colors stay close to the source.
What this tool does
Handles legacy AVI files
The picker accepts .avi only and decodes the common codecs found in old recordings, so an archive clip can become something shareable again.
Choose where the GIF starts
Set a start time in seconds and a clip length up to 10 seconds to grab the moment that matters from a long recording.
Tune size with frame rate and width
Pick 6 to 12 frames per second and 160 to 480 pixels of width; those two settings control most of the GIF's final size.
Palette generated from your frames
The server extracts a color palette from the selected frames and applies it with dithering, which avoids flat, posterised output.
One job, clear limits
One file per job, 100 MB per upload and a three-minute processing cap keep the server queue predictable for everyone.
No leftovers on the server
The AVI upload and the finished GIF are deleted automatically when your download completes; nothing is stored or linked to an account.
How to use AVI to GIF
- 01
Add the AVI file
Drop the .avi clip into the workspace or click Choose file. Uploads up to 100 MB are accepted.
- 02
Set the start time
Enter the second where the section you want begins, or leave 0 to start at the beginning of the file.
- 03
Choose duration, frame rate and width
Keep the clip between 1 and 10 seconds, then pick 6 to 12 fps and a width between 160 and 480 px.
- 04
Create the GIF
Click Create GIF. The server seeks to the start point, extracts the frames, builds the palette and writes the animation while the progress bar advances.
- 05
Preview and download
Confirm the loop in the preview, then download the GIF with a filename based on the original clip.
Supported formats and limits
- Input
- AVI
- Output
- GIF
- Processing
- Server-side FFmpeg job in a temporary directory, deleted after download.
- Maximum size
- Up to 100 MB
- Requirements
- Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari · Server-side FFmpeg conversion
Limitations worth knowing
- Accepts .avi files only, up to 100 MB, one file per job.
- GIF output is capped at 10 seconds, 12 fps and 480 pixels wide.
- GIF has no audio and a 256-color palette, so gradients and photographic footage can band.
- Very old or uncommon AVI codecs may not decode, and jobs stop after three minutes.
Privacy and file handling
The AVI file is uploaded to a temporary directory on our server, converted to GIF with FFmpeg, and streamed back to you as a download. Both the upload and the GIF are deleted automatically when the download completes, and nothing is stored permanently, logged as content or shared with anyone.
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