Needed: .asf to any other video format converter.

[dud]

I have an .asf file that I would like to convert to .mpg, .avi, etc. (a standard, non-MS format). I have tried some feeware converters but they do not support this format. Any suggestions?

 

[Viper96720]

asf tool should work. Converts asf to avi.
asftools

 

[yukichigai]

There's also a program out there called Graph Edit, which will actually read the headers of a file and determine what playback filters are necessary. Once you get the file open you can remove the "Direct Show Video" and "Direct Show Audio" outputs and swap in file writers for any format you have the codec for. (DivX, Xvid, whatever) It takes a little while to figure out and the compatibility with DivX-based codecs is minimal (it encodes at max everything) but it handles almost every file type you can throw at it. The only filetype I haven't been able to convert with it is RealPlayer files.

By the way, any RealPlayer -> anything else converters out there?

 

[NEVERwinter]

you can use this thing called EO-Video to convert everything to MEPG/AVI... well, almost everything 😀

P.S.: yukichigai, this thing can convert Real Video to MPEG/AVI

 

[dud]

Thanks for the replies. The problem I am having is that the clip I have have will not play because of some security issue called and MRD (?). All I want is to view the clip but I have to have some sort of license? I've tried other viewers (then Windows Media Player) and they cannot show it. Is there another viewer (3rd party) out there that will allow the viewing of these type of files?

 

[Blastman]

Virtualdub ? will convert video files, its free and doesn?t even need to be installed. Don?t know if it will play that MRD??? ?thing though.

 

[NEVERwinter]

i believe it's like this: that file is a "licensed" file, so WMP will read that "license" on the net when you are playing the file. I don't know how to work it out though....

 

[dud]

To clarify the whole situation when I try to view a video clip I get this message:

"The content you are accessing requires an additional level of security. In order to play it, you will need to update your Digital Rights Management installation."

I've never run into this before. When I download a vid clip (a trailer for example) I assume that you can just play it. In this case this message comes up. To me it looks like Microsoft playing "big brother" and trying to control everything, but I could be wrong.