Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS.
AVI video file to a task list in English
AVI video file to a task list in English: send the file and get the text with the timecodes. One file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro.
With the AVI video file the engine writes the task list: the transcript first, then the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later. The speech is in English, the free plan gives 3 files a day, and one file is up to 30 minutes.
How to get the file and turn it into a task list
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Find the file
The .AVI is one of the video files that Google Drive stores and previews
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Hand the file over
The recording of the AVI video file is attached to the widget of the page with the language of the speech set to English, and the task list comes back as a file of text.
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Ask the written instruction for the task list
The ready instruction reads the transcript of the AVI video file as the person who made the memo, and the task list comes in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later.
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Mark the language of the speech
The recording of the AVI video file is in English, and that is one of the 99+ languages the engine reads; the setting of the widget says English and the task list follows.
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Check the file before the upload
The list of the video files of Google Drive names .AVI next to .MOV, .MPEGPS and .WMV
What comes back from the engine
- TXT
One segment per line, the way a person wrote it down. It is the format to paste into a ticket, a chat or a document.
- TXT, CSV
The start and the end time of every segment, and the speakers named separately when you ask for it.
- SRT, VTT
SRT and VTT with the time of every line, so the recording can carry its own subtitles.
- Markdown, DOCX
The transcript is edited through the API and exported as Markdown for a wiki, or as DOCX for a review.
What AVI keeps, and what it says about it
The VLC player opens AVI among the input formats it reads, in the same line with MPEG and ASF.
The FFmpeg library of Audacity imports the audio of most video files, so the sound of an AVI file is taken out without a converter.
AVI stands in the list of the input formats of the VLC player, next to MPEG (ES,PS,TS,PVA,MP3) and ASF / WMV / WMA.
The list of the video files of Google Drive names .AVI next to .MOV, .MPEGPS and .WMV.
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$10 a month when you pay yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month
What the recording does not give you
Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS. The English speech of the AVI video file is read first, and the task list is what the person who made the memo gets out of the transcript.
Tips
Send the transcript to the instruction only once.
Mark the language of the speech of the AVI video file.
Rename the file of the AVI video file before you send it.
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled-down version of the complete file.
The FFmpeg library of Audacity cannot open a file that is DRM-protected to work only in a particular software.
Questions about AVI video file and a task list
Which problems can come with the AVI video file?
Google Drive keeps an .AVI among the video files it stores, next to .MOV and .MPEGPS. The engine does not change the file of the AVI video file; it reads it as it is and writes the task list.
What does the AVI say about the AVI video file?
The preview of Google Drive is a scaled-down version of the complete file. The engine reads the English speech of the AVI video file and writes the task list from that text.
How is the task list built from the AVI video file?
The engine reads the English speech and the instruction writes the task list in the sections Topic, Tasks, Ideas for later; every line comes from the transcript of the AVI video file.
Is there a limit to the length of the AVI video file?
One file of the AVI video file may be up to 30 minutes on the free plan; the free plan gives 3 files a day.
Is a link enough for the AVI video file?
Bring the file of the AVI video file to your own disk and upload it here; the engine returns the task list with the time of every line.
Related pages
The same task on another recording, with the same steps and the same sections.
Voice memo to a task listThe page of the task: the instruction that is written for it and an example of the answer.
Transcribe audio to textWhat the service does with a file: the formats of the export, the limits and the plans.
Sources
- SGoogle Drive Help: Files you can store in Google Drive (read 2026-10-25)support.google.com · checked
- WVLC features: the formats it plays (read 2026-10-25)www.videolan.org · checked
- MAudacity manual: FFmpeg Import/Export Library (read 2026-10-25)manual.audacityteam.org · checked
- TTranscription service page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
- TPricing page (read 2026-10-25)transcrib.si · checked
Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.