Pixellating ASF Files

[camboyedit]

I have a little PDVR Recorder that I am recording video files onto from a small camera. The files record as ASF files. When I play the footage back on my PC through Windows Media Player the video becomes pixellated whenever something moves quickly or near the camera.

However, when I play it back to a seperate monitor through the AV Out on the original recording device I have no pixellation....

Has anyone encountered similar issues with the file type and can recommend remedies/software I could download?

Any help would be appreciated

[Krispy Kritter]

Are you watching the files in a window on the pc or full screen. ASF files are typically low res, so TV viewing would be less likely to show the low quality.

[camboyedit]

Thanks for the advice Krispy, do you have any more info on ASF files or perhaps know where I can get some...as the forum name suggests I am complete noob, so know nothing!

[jagabo]

I believe ASF files can contain multiple video streams with different bitrates. Maybe the recorder is playing a high bitrate stream and WMP is playing a low bitrate stream? Maybe the recorder is using a deblocking filter?

[camboyedit]

thankyou jagabo, I will look into this and report back

[jagabo]

VLC can play all the streams in WMV and ASF files.