# AVI output

Media Blocks SDK .Net

AVI sink is used to create AVI files, and it is popular among Windows users. AVI files support many different video, audio, and subtitle formats.

Use the AVISinkSettings class to set the parameters.

# Block info

Name: AVISinkBlock.

Pin direction	Media type	Pins count
Input audio	audio/x-raw	one or more
	audio/mpeg
	audio/x-ac3
	audio/x-alaw
	audio/x-mulaw
	audio/x-wma
Input video	video/x-raw	one or more
	image/jpeg
	video/x-divx
	video/x-msmpeg
	video/mpeg
	video/x-h263
	video/x-h264
	video/x-dv
	video/x-huffyuv
	video/x-wmv
	video/x-jpc
	video/x-vp8
	image/png

# The sample pipeline

graph LR;
    UniversalSourceBlock-->H264EncoderBlock;
    UniversalSourceBlock-->MP3EncoderBlock;
    H264EncoderBlock-->AVISinkBlock;
    MP3EncoderBlock-->AVISinkBlock;

# Sample code

var pipeline = new MediaBlocksPipeline();

var filename = "test.mp4";
var fileSource = new UniversalSourceBlock(await UniversalSourceSettings.CreateAsync(new Uri(filename)));

var mp3EncoderBlock = new MP3EncoderBlock(new MP3EncoderSettings() { Bitrate = 192 });
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.AudioOutput, mp3EncoderBlock.Input);

var h264EncoderBlock = new H264EncoderBlock(new OpenH264EncoderSettings());
pipeline.Connect(fileSource.VideoOutput, h264EncoderBlock.Input);

var aviSinkBlock = new AVISinkBlock(new AVISinkSettings(@"output.avi"));
pipeline.Connect(h264EncoderBlock.Output, aviSinkBlock.CreateNewInput(MediaBlockPadMediaType.Video));
pipeline.Connect(mp3EncoderBlock.Output, aviSinkBlock.CreateNewInput(MediaBlockPadMediaType.Audio));

await pipeline.StartAsync();

# Platforms

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android.