.ASF is a retired format. I believe WMV is to replace ASF. WMV is a streaming format. It means, the video started to play after the first few seconds are downloaded. It continues (streams) to download the rest while viewing the first few seconds. After you watched the whole clip the first time, the whole video actually has been downloaded to your computer. Depends on the web server and protocol settings, you might be able to "grab" the whole file to your computer. It if is from any web server sending through HTTP, after you view the video, assuming you are using Windows Media Player, you can use File, Save As to save your clip. There is an .ASX format. It is a text file (metafile) with XML content specifying the source of the video clip and other meta-info (author, copyright...). If for some web site it delivers the .asx file, you can open it to see where is the actual media file (.wmv or .asf) is pointing from. However, if it is deliveried by other protocol (mns://....), most likely, the media server will not allow you to save. You might need to use some tools to do that. Those tools actually fake themself as a Windows Media Player so the Windows Media Server will keep sending the stream. Once the fake WMP got everything, it gives u an option to save the media file. Taky
----- Original Message ----- From: Knuckle Martin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [AP] files ..wmv Mark; A .wmv file is (typically) a Microsoft streaming media format found on many web sites. NOTE: Common Windows streaming formats: .wmv = "Windows Media Video", .asf = "Advanced Streaming Format" The wmv file that you download is only a partial file. This is how they keep the file size low. When you click on a ..wmv movie link, you download a partial file, and the rest of the file stays on the server of the original web site. When opening a .wmv file, you usually see the "buffering" displayed in the info window. That's Windows Media Player downloading the rest of the file from the web server that originally hosted it. There is a way to download the complete file, using a 3rd party program like "X-Video Converter" ( http://www.xvideoconverter.com/ ) X-Converter automatically downloads the rest of the file, adds it to the partial file that you have, then saves the new file as either an ..avi, .mpg-1/2, VCD/SVCD/DVD, or .wmv/.asf. X-Video Converter can also convert standard .avi or .mpg into either .wmv or .asf files for web hosting. X-Video Converter can also join or split video files into smaller files. It's a very handy program. I paid around $30.00 for the program. There is a downloadable "demo" that has a water mark on exported files. The licensed version doesn't have the water mark. If you saved the new file as an .avi or .mpg, you can then import the new file into AP for editing. NOTE: The resulting file is usually many times larger than the original .wmv file. Here's an example: 1. I have a .wmv file that's 667Kb 2. I load the .wmv into X-Video Converter, and select exporting the video as an uncompressed .avi (best quality) 3. The resulting video file is 87.9 Mb (that's 132 times larger) 4. I then import the .avi into Premiere, and export the avi using the DivX codec. 5. The new (compressed) file is now 6.2 Mb (much smaller than 87.9 Mb, but not nearly as small as the original .wmv file) Now you can see why some people use the .wmv format. Leaving much of the file on their server allows the downloaded file to be much smaller. HTH Knuck --- Mark McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Encountered a curious file today, that I've not seen before. > A .wmv of 352 x 303 pixel dimension. Possibly from PAL source video. > > Requested to make it into a 100x x75 pixel file .wmv for display > on a webpage > > I could play the file OK in WMplayer, but could not load it into > WM Encoder, said file format invalid. > > I loaded the file into a Ppro test project and saved it as > a 320 x 240 .wmv file. Could not convert it into 100 x 75 pixel file. > > > Has anyone on the list encountered anything like this? > Anyone from Europe? > > > Thanks for any comments > > > Mark McLaughlin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
