ASF Converter is a Windows Media Files converter with options to convert files from ASF to AVI/MPEG/Divx/Xvid/WMV and vice versa
. It supports conversion from WMV to AVI/MPEG/VCD/DVD, ASF to AVI/MPEG/VCD/DVD, AVI to ASF/WMV, and MPEG to ASF/WMV. It also has the additional feature to do a batch convert (many files at a time).
ASF stands for Advanced Systems Format. It is a part of Windows Media Framework that contains audio and digital video formatting data. The code that is behind does not however reveal the encoding information. ASF was actually created to support playback and take back ups from digital media servers, HTTP servers and hard disks.
ASF contains Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV) for enabling the audio and video features respectively of a file. The files generally end with an .asf extension indicating that these files are in the ASF format.
To convert ASF files to MOV/MPEG/MP4 follow the steps given below:
1.Install ASF Video Converter. This can be done free by mounting the .dmg archive by copying it to your desktop or folder
2.Load the ASF videos that need to be converted to the application. This can be done by drag and drop or individual select
3.Since the input format is ASF by default, select the output option as Mov/MP4/FLV/AVI/WMV as applicable
4.Specify a location for the formatted files to be stored
5.Start conversion
The ASF converter offers a load of features during conversion with even a novice being able to do wonders with the formatted files. It has a high speed conversion mechanism. Its diversified settings help the user to choose the nature of output according to his fancy.
There is also a feature to extract audio files from ASF specific videos and save as MP4 or WMA files as required. One can also load JPG/BMP/PNG/GIF images and convert them into video file format. It supports dual core and multi core CPU processor for faster speed of conversion and recovery.
The option of conversion of a single file into multiple formats is allowed. Alternatively a large file can be split into smaller files for easy accessibility. This file size can be customized. Certain bits and pieces of the video can be converted using the clip option. A specific screen option allows the user to preview and take snapshots of particular screens.
There are around 6 interface languages which are English, German, Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese.