Problem converting ASF

[tgc225]

I recently downloaded an ASF file using ASF Recorder, but now I have a problem opening it with Virtual Dub 1.3c.

When I first tried to open the file, I got a parse error. So I chose advanced open options and said to open incomplete or damaged files, and when I did that and tried to open the file, it said I was missing WMV2 or something like that.

So, what I did was I downloaded ASF tools, and pressed the re-encode button, and it came out with a file that was about 3 times as large.

It now worked putting it into Virtual dub and converting it to an AVI using DIVX as the Video compressions and MPEG3 as the Audio compressions, but:

I took the first 5 minutes of the re-encoded ASF file, which was about 6mb, but those 5 minutes on the newly formed AVI file were 40mb!

I know I probably did something wrong along the way, but I can't figure out what it is

[tgc225]

[Anonymous65]

I'm trying to do the same to streaming Windows media, but I'm very close to giving up. There are so many protections in the .asx or .asf video that it's (almost) impossible to capture and convert to AVI. If someone writes a program to capture and convert the Windows Media files, they will have M$ knocking on the door soon.

[tgc225]

Well, I tried GraphEdit, and again got a conversion, but the output AVI was huge again. That seems to be the problem. I can convert fine, but when it's time to output the AVI, the file becomes huge. I have a 50mb ASF file that is a little over 3 hours long, but the AVI file was 80mb for just the first 7 minutes. How big are AVI files compared to the originating ASF anyways, in general?

Anyways, all I know for sure is that my file is a WMV2 ASF file, if that helps.

[mysticgohan17]

in graphedit use divx compression before you connect the video arrow to avi mux. the largest uncompressed avi file ive had was 2.35 gb. uncompressed audio and video.

[tgc225]

I'll try that out now. I used the Huffyuf v2.2.1 compressor as some guides suggested, was that a bad idea?

EDIT: Just used DivX, and while the file size was considerably smaller (14mb for 7 minutes), the sound seemd to be out of sync with the video

[tgc225]

Ok, I got a new gameplan. I used ASF Tools to convert the ASF WMV2 file into an ASF MP43 file, which is readable by Virtual Dub. Now, my only problem is, what do I do now? Divx-Digest's and VCDHelp's guides are COMPLETELY different:

http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/asf2avi.html

https://www.videohelp.com/avi2divx.htm

They each suggest doing completely different things, which should I follow?

[secretagent]

what do you want to do with the file is the question. all you said in your post was that you wanted to open it in vdub. now you have done that. Do you want to make a vcd, a dvd or what are you trying to do with the file?

[tgc225]

I'd like to turn it into an AVI file, so that I can first of all be able to forward through the movie (with ASF you cant change the position), and later, I can use that AVI to covert into a VCD/SVCD, whicch I already know how to do. But my problem was that those two guides had completely different intstructions for making the AVI file, unless I misunderstood them.

Or should I just use a different program? ASF Tools looks like it has it's own ASF->Avi conversion, and TMPGEnc has a ASF->MPG converter. I'm just kind of confused with the way to convert it and if or if not compressions like Divx need to be used. Some guides have the use of DivX involved while other's don't seem to have it.

[tgc225]

Well, oddly enough, I got TMPGEnc and it worked with absolutely no problems converting the original ASF file to MPG format.

And I have another question. If I want to convert the file to just a standard MPG file (I don't want to make it VCD or SVCD sized) for conversion to DivX later, do I just put the ASF into the video and audio source in TMPGEnc and then just press the start button without messing with any settings?