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Summary
Name	Advanced Systems Format
Version
Other names	ASF
Identifiers	MIME: application/vnd.ms-asf Apple Uniform Type Identifier: com.microsoft.advanced-systems-format PUID: fmt/131
Family
Classification	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.
Orientation	Binary
Byte order	Little-endian (Intel)
Related file formats	Has lower priority than Windows Media Audio Has lower priority than Windows Media Video Has lower priority than Windows Media Video (WVC1) (9 Advanced Profile (WVC1)) Is supertype of Windows Media Audio Is supertype of Windows Media Video
Technical Environment
Released	01 Nov 2004
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Supported by	Microsoft Corporation
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	11 Mar 2005
Source description
Last updated	02 Aug 2005
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