Free AVI Player

If you're interested in watching AVI (Audio Video Interleave) clips using a simple media player with its default settings, which doesn't come bundled with complicated customization options to slow you down, you can give Free AVI Player a shot.

Play AVI movies using a basic app

It's a straightforward video player that only supports files with the AVI format, so other types of files cannot be loaded into this app.
Only standard media player controls are supported, which means that you don't have to spend time discovering how to configure various settings.

Offers to install mandatory audio and video codecs

During the installation task, the AVI player offers to download audio and video codecs from the Internet.
Make sure to allow this to happen or the utility won't be able to properly play AVIs. Moreover, you must have .NET Framework installed.

Basic media player controls

As for the interface, Free AVI Player opts for a minimalistic look that reminds us of early Windows Media Player. The controls only appear on the window when moving the mouse. They are also available in the right-click menu after loading an AVI clip.
It's possible to pause and resume playback, increase, decrease or mute the volume, increase or decrease playback speed, enter fullscreen mode by double-clicking the clip as well as to shuffle the tracks.

Create, save and open playlists

Moreover, you can create a playlist out of multiple AVI movies to enjoy without having to manually change each clip, save the playlist to file (M3U format), open playlists, and change the playback order by moving entries up and down in the list.

Supports but doesn't show hotkeys

We've noticed that some intuitive keyboard shortcuts are supported, such as pressing Space to pause and resume playback. Unfortunately, they aren't displayed in the interface, so you have to find them out yourself.

Lightweight and easy-to-use AVI player

All in all, Free AVI Player doesn't have an impressive set of features but it delivers a fast method to play AVI clips without too much hassle.