converting asf files to iMovie or Quicktime

Hi maclueless,

First of all, Welcome to the  Discussion Forums!

Have you tried downloading flip4mac to see if you will then be able to play your asf files? You can find flip4mac @:

http://flip4mac.com/

hope that helps some,

littleshoulders 🙂

As another new person, I have flip4mac, and the same issue with .asf files. I tried manually opening with Quicktime, but nothing. .asf files try to open using iTunes, and I'm not sure how to fix that either.

ASF stands for "Advanced Streaming format" and is a proprietary codec courtesy of Microsoft Corp.

It is used to compress Audio and Video data into one single file, so to say.

My best bet is that Windows Media Player is able to handle it - to view Windows Media within Quicktime you go flip4mac, like the other here said already.

To be able to convert this from Quicktime Player and export into other formats ( for use in imovie ) you will likely need to have a Quicktime Pro License, which will unlock those features in Quicktime.

Another attempt to handle that file would be the free VLC - Player for Mac OS X ( www.vlc.org ) which can play amost any file available,even exotic ones including encoded and encrypted DVD, which no other free player would allow.

Good Luck