Video & Audio Glossary > ASF video format
| File Type |
Advanced Systems Format File |
| Category |
Video Files |
| Description |
Media container format developed by Microsoft, primarily for streaming media; specifies the structure of the audio or video stream, but not the encoding method; can be compressed using a variety of video codecs.
ASF files often contain Windows Media Audio (.WMA) or Windows Media Video (.WMV) data. |
| Program(s) that open ASF files |
 Windows |
Microsoft Windows Media Player
VideoLAN VLC media player
Roxio Creator 2010 |
 Mac OS X |
Microsoft Windows Media Player
VideoLAN VLC media player |
 Linux |
VideoLAN VLC media player |
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