# AVI file player for Android

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avi-file-player-for-android/590161>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avi-file-player-for-android/590161 "2011-07-24T07:34:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avi-file-player-for-android/590161/1 "2011-07-24T07:34:40Z")

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Most of the videos you find online are in .avi form, usually with a DIVX or XVID codec, I understand. Is there a player that is a clear leader for these files?

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**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avi-file-player-for-android/590161/2 "2011-07-25T19:41:20Z")

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I use RockPlayer Lite, and it seems to handle the few Xvid based AVI foles I’ve thrown at it. As for DivX, not sure.