asf conversion

[keith123]

ok does anybody know how i can convert from asf to mpeg or any other file than asf, lol, i hate it!

i have tried asf tools but that failed .....i really need to do thkis conversion!

Or could somebody tell me of a good program that lets you edit asf files/

thanks

[Gazorgan]

ASF tools usually fails if it has DRM set. Other than that I've not had one fail. Really old M$ codecs (WMV7 and earlier) can be read in VDUB 1.3c, but nothing modern.

Windows Media Encoder 9 will let you transcode it to AVI (but still have WME 8/9 codecs). You can't un-install this, and it fubars a lot of DivX and other codecs for life.

[keith123]

ok, so i have just installed wme 9 but it isnt showing up anywhere on my computer???? does it run in the background or with another program?

[jgandara]

it should be there, it's in their own program folder. I installed, but the only option is to convert it to wmv not avi.

The problem you are having is maybe that those files were encoded using wmv2 or something like that, so yuo can watch them, but you can't re-encode them

[keith123]

i found the program in my C drive under program files, i converted it to wmv and it hasnt helped with it being recognisable with other programs but it reduced the size from 8mb to 3mb. Although virtual dub says that it is asf still?

[keith123]

ok, i got one step further, i was able to open the new wmv in asf tools and convert it to avi, however when itry to watch the movie i have no picture, just audio.

so i would have though that i was missing a codec but how could i convert to that format in the first place? if it helps, G SPOT detects the video codec as wmv3

thanks

[jgandara]

That's an old codec, astools won't convert it directly, you can try reencoding it. I tried that and I didn't work

[keith123]

so seen as there is the format asf, there MUST be some tools that can edit it or convert it


??????

[keith123]

ok, after quite a bit of searching i have found THIS

i am still downloading it but it claims to be able to edit asf and wmv

[Hardcoreruss]

If you edit it to wmv with WME or WMM you can then load it into tmpgenc and then convert to mpeg.

[keith123]

If you edit it to wmv with WME or WMM you can then load it into tmpgenc and then convert to mpeg.

gd gd, i'll have to try that, anyways the program i mention before allows you to convert the asf or wmv to any formay codec installed on your comp.

[Hardcoreruss]

I have never used that before so I cannot advise on it, anyone ?

[keith123]

If you edit it to wmv with WME or WMM you can then load it into tmpgenc and then convert to mpeg.

just tried this and tmpgenc says that it is an illegal mpeg stream

[Hardcoreruss]

So you converted the asf and you now have wmv, load to tmpgenc and you get that message?

[keith123]

So you converted the asf and you now have wmv, load to tmpgenc and you get that message?

yes, i am loading it in tmpgenc simple de mulitplex, when i go to run i get that error message.

[Hardcoreruss]

And what happens if you load it up in the wizard, same error ?

[keith123]

And what happens if you load it up in the wizard, same error ?

i am converting it to mpeg 2 now, cheers, i'll see how it goes

[Gazorgan]

Why did you de-multiplex it? It's not an MPEG2 stream.....you should get an error.

[keith123]

Why did you de-multiplex it? It's not an MPEG2 stream.....you should get an error.

erm, because i just wanted the video! anyways like i said before coberting it straight to mpeh has worked

[F1118]

ASF tools usually fails if it has DRM set. Other than that I've not had one fail. Really old M$ codecs (WMV7 and earlier) can be read in VDUB 1.3c, but nothing modern.

Windows Media Encoder 9 will let you transcode it to AVI (but still have WME 8/9 codecs). You can't un-install this, and it fubars a lot of DivX and other codecs for life.

WHATS DRM? AND HOW DO YOU GET RID OF IT? I GET AN ACCESS VIOLATION WHEN I CONVERT ASF TO AVI BUT THE AVI FILE SEEMS TO PLAY JUST FINE. NOT SURE WHATS GOING ON WITH IT YET.