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Format

Advanced Systems Format

Summary

Name
Advanced Systems Format
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/vnd.ms-asf
  • Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.advanced-systems-format
  • PUID: fmt/131
Format type
  • Audio
  • Image (Raster)
  • Video
Disclosure
Full
Description
The Advanced Systems Format is an extensible file format developed by Microsoft for storing multimedia data streams. It comprises a Header Object, which describes the properties of the data streams, a Data Object, which contains the actual data streams stored in Data Packets and, optionally, one or more Index Objects. ASF files can contain audio, video and still image data streams, and the format supports streaming across networks. ASF supports a variety of audio, video and still image compression types, although it is most widely used for storing Windows Media Audio and Video encoded data.
File extensions
asf
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation
Supported by
Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Has lower priority than
Is supertype of

Internal signatures

Advanced Systems Format

Note
Header Object

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
3026B2758E66CF11A6D900AA0062CE6C{12}0102
Endianness
None