ARI file format description

Many people share .ari files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .ari file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .ari files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.ari - ARRIRAW Photo

The ARI graphic files are related to ARRIRAW Converter. The ARI file is an ARRIRAW Photo. ARRIRAW is a format created by Arri for its digital cinema cameras.

Application:

ARRIRAW Converter

Category:

Graphic files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

ARRIRAW Photo related extensions:

.ico: Windows Icon
.wlm: CompW Bitmap
.gbr: Gimp Brush Image
.sgi: SGI Image
.ypc: Whypic Image
.hr: TRS 80 Image

Naturally, other applications may also use the .ari file extension. Even harmful programs can create .ari files. Be especially cautious with .ari files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .ari file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.ari

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .ari file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

adi, aei, afi, agi, ai, air, ar, arj, ark, arl, aro, ati, rai, ri, wri

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.ati: Microsoft Accounting Import
.afi: AOMEI Backupper Backup Archive
.arl: AOL Organizer File
.rai: SPEFO Stellar Spectra Analysis Data
.ark: PowerDesk Pro Archive
.ark: OpenBook Document

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8/10, Windows 11, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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