Need help converting an asx file to mpeg, avi, etc

[illusionfist]

Hi folks, just need to ask a question.

I downloaded some clips from a site and they are in the .asx format. I usually do my editing in Adobe Premiere, but unfortunately it doesn't read this type of file. The clips play fine in windows media player.

I downloaded TMPGE and used that on a few of them and it worked. Now it seems that it wont convert any of them to mpeg. It says the file is corrupted or unsupported (not exactly what it said, but pretty much to the point). Once again the clips play fine in media player. I noticed that the files that did work were like 299-421kbs. When they converted they were a couple megs each (i think one is like 3 megs and the other is pretty close to 6). I'm not sure if this pertains to anything, but i thought i would include just in case it does.

When i downloaded the videos, i right clicked the link, chose "save target as", and then where the save as type line is it said "Windows Media/Audio Shortcut". When i actually started downloading the video, the top of the window shows the percentage downloaded, the file name (with extension .asf), but the download to line says the file name (with extension .asx).

When i click on the file itself, the description windows gives is "Windows Media/Audio Shortcut." The ones that converted are mpg's.

I searched the internet for almost the whole day and i couldn't find anything that actually recognized the file. While i was searching, i kept running across stuff saying that asx files are playlists or something, so that really confused me.

All help is sincerely appreciated.

Peace :D

[illusionfist]

Well basically i got a program that will dl the files and save them as asf instead of asx (like how it was doing before). The only thing now is that i need a program that can read asf files and convert them to mpeg, avi, or whatever. I just need something that Premiere can read.

Peace :D