Webex Recording Format

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|released=Between 1995<ref>[[Wikipedia:Webex]], see date of founding</ref> and 2003<ref>Date of https://web.archive.org/web/20030724053357/http://meetingcenter1.webex.com/client/latest/atplay.exe</ref>
 
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'''Webex Recording Format''' ('''WRF''') is a proprietary video container format used to store recordings created by Webex, a video conferencing program used mainly in business environments. It appears, based on mentions of a specific codec not "being accepted" by a conversion program<ref name="h264">https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX000026388/WRF2WMV-Converter → "Note"</ref>, to be a container format; the fact that it can use the [[H.264]] codec<ref name="h264" /> suggests that it may internally use other widely-used formats, as well. It is possible that it may record other details of the video conference, such as text chat, as well.<ref>http://www.wbximg.com/includes/documents/data-sheets/NBR_datasheet.pdf; unclear how much of this applies only to ARF</ref>It was succeeded by [[Advanced Recording Format]].
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'''Webex Recording Format''' ('''WRF''') is a proprietary video container format used to store recordings created by Webex, a video conferencing program used mainly in business environments. It appears, based on mentions of a specific codec not "being accepted" by a conversion program<ref name="h264">https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX000026388/WRF2WMV-Converter → "Note"</ref>, to be a container format; the fact that it can use the [[H.264]] codec<ref name="h264" /> suggests that it may internally use other widely-used formats, as well. It is possible that it may record other details of the video conference, such as text chat, as well.<ref>http://www.wbximg.com/includes/documents/data-sheets/NBR_datasheet.pdf; unclear how much of this applies only to ARF</ref> It succeeded [[WOT]] and was succeeded by [[Advanced Recording Format]] (although WRF has persisted for recordings made directly by the client software; see the Advanced Recording Format page for details). It seems to share the magic number [[ASCII]] {{magic|WOTF}} ("WOT File", presumably) with WOT<ref>http://searchengineblaster.com/wots/sebtour.wot</ref><ref>https://archive.org/download/SharingAppContactOperation/SharingApp_ContactOperation.wrf</ref>.
  
 
== Sample Files ==
 
== Sample Files ==
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** [https://web.archive.org/web/20040617155141/http://www.webex.com/customercare/downloads-player.html Version from 2004]
 
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20040617155141/http://www.webex.com/customercare/downloads-player.html Version from 2004]
 
* [https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX000026388/WRF2WMV-Converter WRF2WMV]: Convert to [[WMV]]
 
* [https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX000026388/WRF2WMV-Converter WRF2WMV]: Convert to [[WMV]]
* [https://www.videoconverterfactory.com/tips/wrf-converter.html Video Converter Factory]: Probably malware, with a very dubious claim to support the codec. Did nothing but crash at startup when tested.
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* [http://www.meetingconnect.net/files/CiscoWebExWebRecordingEditorUserGuide.pdf WebEx Recording Editor User Guide]: Manual for WebEx Recording Editor, apparently lost software
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Latest revision as of 06:16, 23 September 2019

File Format
Name Webex Recording Format
Ontology
Extension(s) .wrf
Released Between 1995[1] and 2003[2]

Webex Recording Format (WRF) is a proprietary video container format used to store recordings created by Webex, a video conferencing program used mainly in business environments. It appears, based on mentions of a specific codec not "being accepted" by a conversion program[3], to be a container format; the fact that it can use the H.264 codec[3] suggests that it may internally use other widely-used formats, as well. It is possible that it may record other details of the video conference, such as text chat, as well.[4] It succeeded WOT and was succeeded by Advanced Recording Format (although WRF has persisted for recordings made directly by the client software; see the Advanced Recording Format page for details). It seems to share the magic number ASCII WOTF ("WOT File", presumably) with WOT[5][6].

Contents

[edit] Sample Files

[edit] Software

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. Wikipedia:Webex, see date of founding
  2. Date of https://web.archive.org/web/20030724053357/http://meetingcenter1.webex.com/client/latest/atplay.exe
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX000026388/WRF2WMV-Converter → "Note"
  4. http://www.wbximg.com/includes/documents/data-sheets/NBR_datasheet.pdf; unclear how much of this applies only to ARF
  5. http://searchengineblaster.com/wots/sebtour.wot
  6. https://archive.org/download/SharingAppContactOperation/SharingApp_ContactOperation.wrf
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