On 12/27/03 6:36 PM, "Krevnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WMP 6 for MacOS could play ASF files, WMP7 and later on the Mac cannot. > People might be migrating to it because of the fact that MS ditched it > and didn't renew the patent or something to that effect? I don't know > for sure, since I haven't looked extensively into it. Unless the camera > has a firewire port and can interface with iMovie... I wouldn't go with > it personally, because I can take a Firewire DV camera to nearly any > machine without problems with software. ASF is riddled with > incompatibilities with various technologies, since it was originally an > MS-only development. > > On Dec 27, 2003, at 11:39 AM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote: > >> On 12/26/03 12:24 PM, "Krevnik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I don't think it is a problem, however, I don't think there is much of >>> an answer other than to return the camera if possible. ASF is so >>> horribly neglected by the PC community that created it, that the >>> chance >>> of stumbling over some Mac software to convert it is lower than >>> getting >>> struck by lightning in the next week. >> This is puzzling, because many companies, including Gateway, just >> released >> their own tapeless camcorders, most output the videos in ASF format. >> Is ASF >> "coming back from the grave?" But even so I searched the internet for >> a >> while and only found one application (for windoze :( that could >> convert >> the ASF files. I tried it, and it worked, but it produces a watermark >> on >> the converted .AVI files unless purchased for $24.99 (double-bummer). >> This >> is my only option unless someone in the programming community makes an >> ASF >> converter for Mac when Microsoft comes out with Windows Media Player 9 >> for >> Mac OS X. > I don't think Microsoft completely ditched it, simply because nothing short of Windows Media Player 9 could play my ASF files, and nearly all tapeless camcorders these days output the video to the ASF format. Perhaps there was an earlier version of ASF that was dumped and now Microsoft "created" a new version? Anyway, I found a simple video converter (for windoze :( that can convert any movie Windows Media Player 9 can read into mpeg1, mpeg2, dvd, vcd, svcd, or avi with a choice of codecs. (the converter is called EasyX Video Converter, such an original name...) Quicktime on my iBook can read the converted files and imports nicely into iMovie. For now, this will have to do (at least until a mac version is made...
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