Input file
BVH
- Full Name: Biovision Hierarchy Animation Format
- Developer: Biovision
Output file
AVI
- Full Name: Audio Video Interleave Movie Format
- Developer: Microsoft
What is BVH file?
The BVH (Biovision Hierarchy .BVH) file extension is a digital character animation file format developed by Biovision, Inc. for motion capturing data saved in the Biological Motion Hierarchy format. BVH was initially used by Life Forms software for motion-capturing data generated by Kinect and other motion capture hardware. The hierarchical structure of the BVH files allows the user to visualize and modify extracted motion capture data. [ ⏩ ] BVH file extension
What is AVI file?
The AVI .AVI file extension stands for Audio Video Interleave, a multimedia container format, developed by Microsoft Corporation. This file format is one of the oldest multimedia formats used today. AVI files store audio and video streams in separate digital streams that can be processed independently. The video stream can be encoded using a variety of different codecs, such as DivX, XviD or Windows Media Video. [ ⏩ ] AVI file extension
How to convert the file from BVH to AVI?
To successfully convert the BVH file to AVI, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.BVH). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case AVI (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than AVI).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. BVH to AVI. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting BVH files to AVI files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension AVI, while before this step we had the BVH file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new AVI file, or not.