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  2 0 Yes. Unless they've got some sort of weird DRM, there's no difference between an avi and any other sort of file (doc, pdf, etc...). Some avis can be quite large so depending in size, quantity and the capacity of your flash drive (I'm guessing you're speaking of a thumb/jump drive) it may take multiple loads. If you've got an absurd number of huge avis and your flash drive is 128 MB, you might have a friend who's willing to lend you an external hard drive. If the laptop you've been using has a DVD burner you can also go that route. Then you'll have a good backup too. Lilting Missive answered in Science & Technology over 2 years ago | Report 4 comments by Lee, datajunkie, and Lee… 0 0 Of course, anything purchased on iTunes (among the more popular services) *will* have DRM, so you can't just transfer them from computer to computer like you would a Word document. You can transfer iTunes-purchased music and videos, but you have to follow the instructions that come with that software. Lee commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 I think it's impossible to have DRM on an avi file and I believe iTunes is DRM-free as of March. datajunkie commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 An avi is just a container format, so it should be possible to have DRM on it. I'm not an expert in applying digital protections of that nature, though, but the more general point still stands. iTunes got rid of DRM for music, true, but not for movies and tv. That's something that's just not going to happen with today's film industry. Lee commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 While it's theoretically possible to create a DRM system for AVI files, I don't know of any offhand. At least I don't know of any that used the extension "AVI." I think DivX created a DRM format that used AVI as the container, but the file extension was .DIVX, and it was never popular. Don Munsil commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 In general, AVI files can be moved via flash drives, but one issue is that by default flash drives are formatted with FAT32, which has a maximum file size of 4GB. So if you have any AVIs larger than 4GB, they won't work with an off-the-shelf flash drive or memory card. To get around this, you can reformat the flash drive with one of the file systems that support huge files. My recommendation is exFAT, which is supported by Windows 7 natively and Vista and XP as of the latest service packs. It's compact, fast, and designed for flash memory. If you want something with better interoperability with Macs and Linux, right now NTFS is easier to read on those systems. But I expect that to change soon, and NTFS is very heavyweight in terms of space and performance. Don Munsil answered in Science & Technology over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 6 If you think your flux capacitor can handle the jigowatts. datajunkie answered in Science & Technology over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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