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|extensions={{ext|asf}} (generic)
 
|mimetypes={{mimetype|video/x-ms-asf}}, {{mimetype|application/vnd.ms-asf}}
 
|mimetypes={{mimetype|video/x-ms-asf}}, {{mimetype|application/vnd.ms-asf}}
 
|locfdd={{LoCFDD|fdd000067}}
 
|locfdd={{LoCFDD|fdd000067}}
 
|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/131}}
 
|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/131}}
 
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'''ASF''' ('''Advanced Systems Format''', or '''Advanced Streaming Format''') is a multimedia container format associated with Microsoft. It is the container format usually used by [[WMA]] and [[WMV]] files.
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'''ASF''' ('''Advanced Systems Format''', or '''Advanced Streaming Format''') is a multimedia container format associated with Microsoft. It is the container format usually used by media encoded by the [[WMA]] and [[WMV]] series of codecs.
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== Related formats ==
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* [[WMA]]
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* [[WMV]]
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* [[DVR-MS]]
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* [[ASX]]
  
 
== Identification ==
 
== Identification ==
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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
* [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14995 ASF Specification]
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* [https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-fleischman-asf-01 Internet Draft, 1998-02-26]
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* v1.0, 1998-02-26
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** [http://mediaxw.sourceforge.net/files/doc/Active%20Streaming%20Format%20(ASF)%201.0%20Specification.pdf PDF]
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* v01.20.03, 2004-12
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** [https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/0/790fecaa-f64a-4a5e-a430-0bccdab3f1b4/ASF_Specification.doc DOC]
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** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140419205228/http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb643323.aspx HTML], from archive.org
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** [http://drang.s4.xrea.com/program/tips/id3tag/wmp/index.html HTML]
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* v01.20.04, 2010-06
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** [https://hwiegman.home.xs4all.nl/fileformats/asf/ASF_Specification.pdf PDF]
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* v01.20.06, 2012-01
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** [https://web.archive.org/web/20150410235115/https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=14995 XPS], from archive.org
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** (PDF used to be available at [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14995])
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
* http://samples.libav.org/asf-wmv/
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* http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/asf-wmv/
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Latest revision as of 12:35, 21 September 2023

File Format
Name ASF
Ontology
Extension(s) .asf (generic)
MIME Type(s) video/x-ms-asf, application/vnd.ms-asf
LoCFDD fdd000067
PRONOM fmt/131

ASF (Advanced Systems Format, or Advanced Streaming Format) is a multimedia container format associated with Microsoft. It is the container format usually used by media encoded by the WMA and WMV series of codecs.

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[edit] Related formats

[edit] Identification

ASF files begin with bytes 30 26 b2 75 8e 66 cf 11 a6 d9 00 aa 00 62 ce 6c.

This represents the GUID 75B22630-668E-11CF-A6D9-00AA0062CE6C, named "ASF_Header_Object".

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