The avifile package contains aviplay, avibench, avifile-config, mmxnow-config, avirecompress, avicap, avirec, kv4lsetup, avicat, avitype and avimake. aviplay manages the input formats, the codecs and the output formats to display AVI video files on your screen. avibench performs a measurement of the avifile library's performance for a file. avifile-config is run by configure for programs wishing to link to the avifile library. mmxnow-config is run by configure for programs wishing to link to the mmxnow library. avirecompress is a widget that takes an input file of one codec type and converts it into a video file of another codec. avicap is a widget that displays acquired video fro a Video For Windows (vfw) compatible device, like a webcam or a TV-tuner. avirec is a command line video recording tool. kv4lsetup is a small tool which tells video4linux about the current video mode avicat takes a set of AVI files and combines them into a single file. avitype will read and display AVI file header information. avimake takes a set of JPG images and creates a movie.