Free online VIV to XVID converter

Legacy VivoActive clips may need conversion because current editors, media players, or hardware often do not support VIV. Encoding the video with Xvid usually produces an AVI file that is easier to play, edit, and archive.

What the VIV format is

VIV is the file extension associated with VivoActive video, a proprietary video format developed by Vivo Software for compressed and streamed video. You may encounter it in old web downloads, archived multimedia files, and material created with VivoActive tools such as VivoActive Producer. Modern operating systems and editors rarely include native VIV support.

What the XVID format is

Xvid is an MPEG-4 Part 2 video codec, not a container format. Xvid video is commonly stored in an .avi container and is supported by many older media players, editing applications, and standalone devices. It offers broad compatibility and smaller files than uncompressed video, although newer H.264 or H.265 codecs generally provide better compression at comparable quality.

How to actually convert VIV to XVID

Using FFmpeg

FFmpeg is the most direct desktop method when the installed build includes a VIVO decoder and the Xvid encoder.

1. Install an FFmpeg build that includes vivo decoding and libxvid encoding.
2. Check encoder availability with ffmpeg -encoders. Look for libxvid; use ffmpeg -decoders to check for a VIVO decoder.
3. Convert the file to an AVI container with:

ffmpeg -i input.viv -c:v libxvid -q:v 4 -c:a libmp3lame -q:a 4 output.avi

The -q:v 4 setting provides a practical quality/size balance; values from 2 to 5 are typical, with lower values producing larger, better-quality video. Replace input.viv with the actual filename. If the source has no audio, use -an instead of the audio options.

Using the built-in online converter

You can convert the file for free on the 101convert.com website without installing software. Upload the VIV file, select XVID or AVI with Xvid encoding if the format choices are separate, start the conversion, and download the resulting file. Do not upload confidential footage or files subject to distribution restrictions.

Quality, compatibility, and limitations

This conversion requires decoding the proprietary VIV stream and re-encoding it, so it is lossy. Xvid cannot restore detail already lost in a low-resolution or heavily compressed source. Avoid unnecessary resizing, and retain the original VIV file as an archive copy.

Some VIV variants are not readable by current FFmpeg builds. If FFmpeg reports an unknown format or cannot identify the video stream, try a build with legacy Vivo support or open the file with the original VivoActive software and export an intermediate format first. An AVI file can contain codecs other than Xvid, so confirm the output in a media-information tool before sending it to a device that specifically requires Xvid.