Converting .asf files

[Eclypse]

Can anyone tell me how or direct me to a link that explains how to convert .asf, and .asx files to .mpg so they can be burned as an xVCD.

[Faceman101]

The search button.

[puertorican138]

You would have to convert the ASF file to an AVI file before you could convert it into a MPEG file. :P

[DigiToast]

TMPGEnc will let you import an ASF file and convert it to a MPG.

[Cornucopia]

BTW, you don't "Convert" ASX-type files, as they are XML/text metafiles (aka pointers/aliases). They are much like RAM files and QT reference movies. They are just middlemen that redirect where the real file is coming from (and may include playlists).

If you have an ASX that you want to convert, open the ASX in a text editor (read: NOTEPAD). Read what it says and copy the URL that it references. Paste that into your browser to actually download the genuine source file. In the case of ASX/WAX/WVX (?), this could be an ASF/WMV/WMA or AVI or MPG or MP2/MP3 or WAV or BMP.
Then do the conversion using the download as your source.

Example ASX file that I have used on past autorun VCDs:

<ASX version = "3.0">
<TITLE>Sample Movie</TITLE>
     <Entry>
          <TITLE>Tag</TITLE>
          <AUTHOR>Scott Warren</AUTHOR>
          <COPYRIGHT>(c)2003 Cornucopia</COPYRIGHT>

          <Ref href = ".\MPEGAV\AVSEQ01.DAT" />
     </Entry>
</ASX>

In this case you would past in something like--
"file:///D:\MPEGAV\AVESEQ01.DAT"

HTH,

Scott