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How to convert an AVI file to a Microsoft ASF File?

April 26, 2017ASF AVI convert file Microsoft

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How to convert an AVI file to a Microsoft ASF File?

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Microsoft has defined yet another audio/video/multimedia format to support streaming audio and video over the Internet. This is ASF (formerly Active Stream Format and now Advanced Streaming Format). ASF is used for streaming audio/video/multimedia and for stored files. These files have the extension .asf They are used as part of Microsoft’s NetShow video server and client over the Internet. The NetShow authoring tools include a DOS command line utilitity: VidToAsf which converts AVI files to ASF files, preserving whatever compression was used. VidToAsf can also convert .mov (QuickTime) files to ASF files. Like AVI, ASF files support many audio and video compression schemes. The NetShow Tools include a Microsoft Windows graphical application called the ASF Real Time Encoder which can also convert AVI and WAV files to ASF files. The ASF Real Time Encoder is installed under Microsoft NetShow in the Start | Programs menu under Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 ASF Real Time Encoder For more in