How can one edit .asf files?

Hi,
SnapStream is brilliant!! Even with my P2 350, I am able to record video at Near VHS with no frames dropped!! I think it is because there is no video displayed when recording...it seems to reduce CPU overhead.

One question though, is there any way to edit the .asf files and remove all those pesky advertisements?

Thanks for any help....

[Zinger]

checkout adobe premiere

[SreenathC]

Thanks....Does Adobe Premiere have a trial version? I don't want to fork out a lot of money and find that it does not work! Or, is it for certain that Adobe Premiere does allow editing of asf files?

Thanks,

Microsoft has a plug-in for adobe premiere, you can get it in the Windows Media 7 resource Kit at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...ad/default.asp

[Ron Laird]

If you download the media tools from Microsoft, you can use the ASF Indexer to chop your files into smaller pieces. You can then use the mulitsource editor to glue them back together. But, the indexer will know cut on key frames, so you may get a commericial blip you can't be exact. The multisource editor recompresses and indexes when it puts the clips back together.

For example, 1 hour show less adverts ends up being 44 minutes. When you glue the parts back togehter it takes me 70 minutes to get the new file.

It not fast, nor easy, but it works.

Ron

I use the wmvappend.exe file (it works with both ASF and WMV files) that comes with the media encoder 7 resource kit and a batch file that I wrote to stitch 3 sections of ASF files that I usually end up with from the ASF indexer (from a half-hour show).

I use the indexer to break the show sections that are between comercials and then number them file-1.asf, file-2.asf and file-3.asf

I move them into the same directory as the wmvappend.exe file and the wmvapp.bat file that I wrote. here is the Batch file.

--------wmvapp.bat------------
wmvappend.exe -o %1.1 -i1 %1-1.asf -i2 %1-2.asf
wmvappend.exe -o %1.wmv -i1 %1.1 -i2 %1-3.asf
del *.1
dir/w

-------end of batch file ---------

I go Into Dos Mode on my win98 machind and move into the directory with all the files.

I type in "wmvapp.bat <file>"
It takes <file>-1.asf and <file>-2.asf and makes <file>.1
It then takes <file>.1 and <file>-3.asf and
makes <file>.wmv
Then it deletes <file>.1
The real advantage of wmvappend.exe is that for a half-hour show it takes about 4 minutes on my PII-350 to stitch the files together because it doesn't re-encode them, it just makes them one file.
It would be easy to re-write the batch file to do any amount of files, you just have to make sure that you tie them together in the right order.

[SreenathC]

How do you 'break' the original asf file using the indexer from resource kit please? I thought you first have to determine the exact location of the cut, then go into dos prompt and use asfchop or something like that...Thanks for any help

Originally posted by Mike Leeson:
I use the wmvappend.exe file (it works with both ASF and WMV files) that comes with the media encoder 7 resource kit and a batch file that I wrote to stitch 3 sections of ASF files that I usually end up with from the ASF indexer (from a half-hour show).

To get a section that is free from commercials I select the "Mark In" time just after the commercials then select the "Mark out" time just before the next commercials. Go to FILE choose SAVE AS and select a name like File-1 and it saves only the Mark In to Mark Out segment.

It then only has that segment in the indexer, so I reopen the source file, select the Mark In as the moment after the next batch of commercials and repeat (file-2, file-3) until I have all the commercial free segments.

I then continue as outlined in my earlier post.

[SreenathC]

Thanks for that clear and concise explanation!! Will try it first thing I reach home today!