TIFF to XviD Converter

How to Convert TIFF to XviD AVI Online

1. Upload Your TIFF Files: Drag and drop your .tiff or .tif files, or click "+ Add Files" to select them. Batch upload is supported — drop a whole sequence and the converter assembles them in alphanumeric order, which matches how cameras and scientific instruments name frames (img_0001.tif, img_0002.tif...).
2. Set Merge Strategy and Image Duration: Choose Merge images to stitch every TIFF into a single AVI slideshow, or Video per image to output one short clip per file. Pick an Image Duration for how long each frame holds on screen — defaults work out to roughly 5 seconds per frame, but you can shorten it to 1/24 second to play TIFFs as a true 24 fps timelapse, or stretch it to 10 seconds for a slow gallery walkthrough.
3. Pick Quality Preset and Resolution (Optional): The default Quality Preset is Very High (Recommended) under Constant Quality mode; drop to Medium or Low if you need a smaller file for email, or switch to Constraint Quality to target a specific bitrate ceiling. For Video Resolution, keep the original TIFF dimensions, snap to a preset (720p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p) or enter custom width/height. Set a Background Color (default White) for any letterboxed regions when source frames have mixed aspect ratios.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert. Files upload, the server runs the FFmpeg pipeline with the Xvid encoder (MPEG-4 ASP), and your .avi downloads when ready. No watermark, no sign-up, and uploads are deleted from the server automatically after a few hours.

Why Convert TIFF to XviD AVI?

TIFF is a 32-bit Tagged Image File Format originally developed by Aldus (now Adobe) and capped at 4 GB per file — fine for one master scan, but unwieldy when you have hundreds of frames from a microscope time-lapse, a DSLR image sequence, or a flatbed batch scan. Bundling those frames into a single XviD-encoded AVI gives you a playable timeline, dramatically smaller storage, and a file format that DVD players, hardware media boxes, and Windows machines from the 2000s era will recognize on sight.

• Scientific time-lapse and microscopy — Confocal microscopes, deconvolution software, and astronomy capture tools commonly export each frame as a separate TIFF to preserve bit depth. Merging into XviD AVI turns a 2,000-frame folder into one scrubbable clip for lab presentations.
• Camera burst and timelapse sequences — DSLRs and mirrorless bodies that shoot interval timelapses to TIFF (Sony, Nikon, Canon CR2-to-TIFF pipelines) can be assembled into a smooth 24/30 fps preview without opening Lightroom or LRTimelapse.
• Document scan archives — A flatbed scanner producing one TIFF per page can be turned into a paged AVI "flipbook" for archival viewing on legacy library kiosks that don't support PDF.
• Hardware DVD player compatibility — Standalone DivX/XviD-certified DVD players (popular 2003-2010) play AVI containers with Xvid streams directly off a USB stick, no transcoding needed.
• Older Windows and embedded devices — Windows XP/7 machines, in-flight entertainment systems, and industrial display panels typically ship with Xvid or DivX codecs preinstalled but cannot decode H.265, AV1, or VP9.
• Smaller files than MJPEG sequences — XviD's inter-frame compression typically yields files 5-10x smaller than the equivalent Motion JPEG AVI assembled from the same TIFFs.

TIFF vs XviD AVI — Format Comparison

Xvid Quality Preset Guide

Xvid (MPEG-4 ASP) uses a quantizer-based quality scale internally; on this page that's surfaced as named presets. Pick by what the file is for:

If you need a hard file-size cap rather than a quality target, switch the mode to Constraint Quality and the converter will solve for a bitrate that fits.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why pick XviD instead of H.264 or H.265 for my TIFF sequence?

Use Xvid when the playback device requires it — vintage standalone DVD players with DivX/Xvid certification, older Windows XP/7 machines without a modern codec pack, in-car head units from 2005-2012, and some industrial display panels. For any new project meant for web, phones, or modern TVs, H.264 in MP4 is more efficient and more compatible; convert your TIFFs to MP4 via TIFF to MP4 instead.

Will Xvid play in a web browser?

No. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge do not ship with Xvid or AVI container support. AVI files have to download and play in a desktop player such as VLC (which has Xvid built in) or Windows Media Player with the Xvid codec installed. If you need browser playback, choose WebM or MP4 as your output.

What's the difference between XviD and DivX?

Both are MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile codecs and produce broadly interoperable streams. Xvid is open-source under GPL and gives more low-level encoder controls; DivX was historically commercial with closed-source binaries and tighter hardware certification. A hardware player labeled "DivX Certified" will almost always play Xvid files too, but the reverse isn't guaranteed for the oldest devices.

Why is my output AVI so much larger than I expected?

Three common reasons: (1) Very High is the default Quality Preset — drop to Medium for a 2-3x smaller file. (2) The merge default holds each TIFF on screen for several seconds; shortening Image Duration to 1/24 second packs the same content into far less runtime. (3) If your TIFFs are 16-bit grayscale or 48-bit color, Xvid still has to downsample to 8-bit 4:2:0 YUV — high source contrast can defeat the quantizer until you raise the preset back up.

Can I convert a multi-page TIFF directly?

The pipeline assembles separate TIFF files into one video. If you have a single multi-page TIFF (common with fax archives and document scanners), split it into individual pages first — most desktop image tools (GIMP, IrfanView, ImageMagick convert in.tif out-%03d.tif) do this in one command — then upload the page files together.

What frame rate does the output use?

Frame rate is derived from Image Duration: 1/24 second per frame produces a 24 fps video, 1/30 second yields 30 fps, 1 second per frame produces a 1 fps slideshow. For scientific time-lapses where each TIFF was captured at a real interval, pick the duration that matches your acquisition cadence; for cinematic playback of a DSLR timelapse, use 1/24 second.

Will the AVI include an audio track?

The image-to-video pipeline produces video-only AVIs. If you need a soundtrack, convert the TIFF sequence to AVI first, then mux audio in a desktop editor (VLC's convert/save, FFmpeg, Shotcut, or DaVinci Resolve) — or use TIFF to MP4 and add audio in any modern editor that accepts MP4.

Is Xvid still being developed?

No. Xvid 1.3.7 shipped in December 2019 and the project has been dormant since. The encoder is mature and stable — there's no quality benefit to a newer version — but choose Xvid only when you specifically need MPEG-4 Part 2 AVI for legacy compatibility. For new archives, use a more modern codec.

Can I also merge my TIFFs into a single paged document instead of video?

Yes — if you want a flippable document rather than a playable video, Merge TIFF to PDF combines a folder of .tif/.tiff files into one multi-page PDF that opens in any reader. If the AVI you produce here is too big, run it through Compress XviD to shrink it without re-running the assembly.