# .asx file codec problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 11, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619 "2004-07-11T23:17:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/1 "2004-07-11T23:17:53Z")
I use Windows XP and Media Player 9. I have a .asx file that won’t play on my computer. The Media Player says that it cannot find the proper audio codec for the file. This is very strange, because I have the Nimo Codec pack installed, which contains about every codec that is available. What is even more strange, is the fact that the .asx file could be played in my laptop, which had Windows Millenium and no codecs installed. Any help with that problem? (By the way, it is a german video showing a CBR 1100 doing 320 km/h on a public road :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/2 "2004-07-12T00:12:17Z")
Hey, **Dog** , is there a link to that file on the web? If there is, give it to me and i’ll try to run it on my XP computer. Also, i think it would be 🆒 to see. ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/3 "2004-07-12T00:25:31Z")
Is the file only a few kilobytes large? Usually (always?) .asx files are simply URL shortcuts–the extension for the real video file in that format is .asf. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/4 "2004-07-12T00:42:26Z")
Here it is: [http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287074/0/cbr1100\_does\_165MPH.part1.rar](http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287074/0/cbr1100_does_165MPH.part1.rar) [http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287075/0/cbr1100\_does\_165MPH.part2.rar](http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287075/0/cbr1100_does_165MPH.part2.rar) [http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287076/0/cbr1100\_does\_165MPH.part3.rar](http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287076/0/cbr1100_does_165MPH.part3.rar) [http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287077/0/cbr1100\_does\_165MPH.part4.rar](http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287077/0/cbr1100_does_165MPH.part4.rar) [http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287078/0/cbr1100\_does\_165MPH.part5.rar](http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/dog80/20747/287078/0/cbr1100_does_165MPH.part5.rar) Download all five parts and uncompress. Sorry about that, but Pathfinder won’t allow files bigger than 1MB ---
**Author:** ![NSWBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@NSWBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NSWBlues)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/5 "2004-07-12T10:02:42Z")
Seem to me as if the audio is either not present or somehow mangled. VideoLan, or BSPLayer etc. will play it (just without audio). Looks like WMP9 refuses to do anything unless everything is tickety-boo. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/6 "2004-07-12T11:41:10Z")
What you probably need is **Gspot** > [@](#): > > Video codec identification utility - identifies which video codec and audio compression method is used on, whether the matching codec is installed, and more. Available from… [http://www.headbands.com/gspot/](http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asx-file-codec-problem/254619/7 "2004-07-12T13:37:28Z")
Just tried it with BSplayer myself and as **NSWBlues** said, video is fine, audio dead. Try downloading the MPEG version of the clip from here… [http://he.fi/bike-video/CBR-1100-XX-Super-Blackbird.mpeg](http://he.fi/bike-video/CBR-1100-XX-Super-Blackbird.mpeg) or [http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/misc\_trailers/bike-video/CBR-1100-XX-Super-Blackbird.mpeg](http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/misc_trailers/bike-video/CBR-1100-XX-Super-Blackbird.mpeg) It’s 35Mb but sound is fine 🙂