Looking for sound converter recommendation

[Bob Ostwald]

Hello...

I'm looking for an inexpensive program that will convert .asf files to .wav
files so that I can embed them.

I have tried AsfTools v3.1 but I am running into a codec issue. The
converted sounds will not play in Windows Media Player. WMP Error message:
"ClassFactory cannot supply requested class."

Recommendations?

Thank you,
Bob Ostwald

 

[Troy @ TLC Creative]

Download GOLDWAVE, I am uncertain how it handles .asf files, but it is a
very robust shareware app I have used many times when out of the office (ie.
downloaded at clients office, installed and used). Here is the link:
http://www.goldwave.com/release.html

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Troy Chollar
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[Bob Ostwald]

I am uncertain how it handles .asf files
Sorry to say it doesn't look like it does:
"Supported file formats (wav, mp3, ogg, aiff, au, vox, mat, snd, voc, wma,
raw binary data, text data)"

 

[Sonia]

Do a google search on Convert ASF to WAV and you'll find a bunch of
possibilities, including http://www.geocities.com/myasftools/index.html.

 

[Bob Ostwald]

Do a google search on Convert ASF to WAV
Good idea. FYI, AsfTools 3.1 is what I have tried so far.

 

[Sonia]

Duh! I should have re-read your original post.

Good idea. FYI, AsfTools 3.1 is what I have tried so far.


is files

 

[Austin Myers]

Have you tried Windows Media Encoder? (Free download from MS)

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

 

[Sonia]

Sheesh! I didn't even think of the obvious one. Must have been too obvious
for my pea brain.

 

[Bob Ostwald]

Have you tried Windows Media Encoder?

Ah. No. Is it related to Windows Media Player v.9P WMP 9 is the only file
recommended by Windows Update that I have continually rejected. Something to
do with what it reports to MS, I believe. I need to do my homework and
understand this better.

 

[Sonia]

There are two versions:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...dc-e509-4bc2-ae47-507856f9ddc3&DisplayLang=en
is version 7.1 (Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT)
and
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...02-e496-465a-bba9-b2f1182cdf24&DisplayLang=en
is version 9 (requires Windows 2000 or XP)

It's not really tied to Windows Media Player. There are tons of things you
can do with it, including capturing a PowerPoint presentation as WMV or
other formats. There's good documentation on it, which you'll find if you
do a search on the Microsoft site.