Combining media files

[chipbgt]

I want to combine two .asf files, what program (if any) is available to edit these types of files?

[qball]

You got me on the .asf file. An internet search did return a Microsoft Media Developer page. You may want to check that out.

I would also look into the Adobe (Premiere) products, they are the industry leader and should support most common formats.

[chipbgt]

The asx will work fine. They are home movies a relative sent me and it is easier to make them all play together then sperately. Does anyone know anymore about this asx file that will point to the next file? Thanks guys http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[ghostface]

try http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windowsmedia/en/support/Server4.1/ns_metafiles_bqsr.htm
i'm back home for a little while so i'm away from my main machine with my personal .asx files. this page gives you a sample. let me know if this doesn't do it for ya.

[chipbgt]

Yeah, thanks for the info...now if I only knew how to actually make one http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[ghostface]

if you just need to play them concurrently you can use an asx file. it's like a smi file for real media. just points to the asf's. if you need to acutally have 1 big asf file, i dunno. an asx file is just a text file with the names of the asf's. i can't remember the format off the top of my head.

[Brian48]

Well, I've never tried it with .asf files, but I know that this works with .mpg, .avi, .txt, and just about any other file extention provided the format was the same.

Dump all the .asf files into a temp directory and at the DOS prompt, type:

copy /b /v file1.asf+file2.asf+file3.asf newfile.asf

See if that works. If you have alot of files, you might want to type all that into a .bat file instead just to save on retyping should you make a mistake.

[chipbgt]

Sweet,

I will try that tonight. thanks!

[ghostface]

it's just a text file. i wish i had seen this topic before i got home. i can't quite remember the actual text in the asx files i have on my other machine. when i get back i look it up. sorry.

[ghostface]

i dunno if you solved this or not, but i'm back at school now. the asx files i have are just text files that look like this:

ASF path
file1.asf
file2.asf

and so on. just give the file the .asx extension and click on it to run the files.