ASX files exist as 2 different types. Please find information about each of them below.
Type 1: Microsoft ASF Redirector File
The Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) format stores playlists for Windows Media files for multimedia presentations. Both streaming protocols RTSP and MMS are supported, as well HTTP. ASX files referenc...
The Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) format stores playlists for Windows Media files for multimedia presentations. Both streaming protocols RTSP and MMS are supported, as well HTTP. ASX files reference one or more URLs pointing to audio/video files. They have MIME type video/x-ms-asf.
Example ASX file:
<asx version=”3.0″>
<title>Live Stream</title>
<entry>
<title>Announcement Before Main Stream</title>
<ref href=”http://example.com/announcement.wma” />
</entry>
ASX files can point to any media type recognized by Windows Media Player.
Windows Media Player
VLC Media Player
Winamp
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