ASF Error opening in VirtualDUB

[zeteste]

Hi!

I am going crazy on trying to make a VCD out of an ASF file (I don't know why there is such a stupid and low quality format anyway, video over the web is just a dream for wideband owners anyway, IMHO).

Anyway, I got this asf video and I need the mpg. If I use tmpgenc 12h, it freezes on encoding. So I tried 12a.

It starts encoding okay but I stopped after some seconds to see how it was going, and I saw that the audio was chopping and was horrible. So, following advice from this forum, I first tried to use virtualdub to convert to avi.

The problem is that the asf file can't be opened in VD. It says: "ASF: illegal object fragment flags b9 in packet at 93de4b packet size = 1d4c, pp = 11, send time: 3:22:45:38".

Following advices in this forum, I tried to use graphedit, asfcut, but nothing helps.

What makes me sad is that the file is played well in media player. I mean, at 2min9sec, it stops abruptly, but if I move it to past that point, it plays until the end (22 min).

CAN ANYBODY HELP ME?!? PLEASE!

[jeffbenson]

Use VirtualDub 1.3 (any version above this will not support asf). You can find it by searching on http://www.google.com. After you get 1.3, search for VirtualDub plug-ins. There is an asf fixer plugin that will fix an asf file if it doesn't load correctly in VirtualDub. I have used this many times and never had a problem.

[jeffbenson]

By the way, check out my posting. It may have some useful information for you. Read all the listings. I post my progressions on the way. I have a feeling you are trying to do something similar to what I was trying to accomplish.

http://www.vcdhelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=49264&forum=6

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: jeffbenson on 2001-07-25 13:30:24 ]</font>

[zeteste]

Jeff, can you tell me where I can find this asf fix plugin for VD?

*SOB*... I think I will never be able to convert this f***ing ASF! DAMN YOU MS FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS!!!!

[jeffbenson]

It can get pretty frustrating. I've got the plugin at home. I should have the source URL there also. Check back tonight and I'll post it if I find it. The way I found it was through google.

[yutani]

I've been following this thread as I've had the exact same problem as you, zeteste.

Managed to fix the asf with AsfTools which I downloaded from here:

http://www.geocities.com/myasftools/

My problem now is, after VirtualDub 1.3c tries to open the asf, I get the following error message:

"Couldn't locate decompressor for format 'WMV1' (unknown)."

Am I missing some sort of plugin/codec? Sorry if I'm sounding like a newbie, but its because I am!!

Thanks in advance

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: yutani on 2001-07-26 09:57:29 ]</font>