The Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) format is a type of XML metafile designed to store a list of Windows Media files to play during a multimedia presentation. A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file applied to show its format. ... Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet Standard that extends the format of e-mail to support: text in character sets other than US-ASCII; non-text attachments; multi-part message bodies; and header information in non-ASCII character sets. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language. ... Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. ... ... Street preacher in Covent Garden using a presentation style Presentation is the process of presenting the content of a topic to an audience. ...

It is used frequently on streaming video servers where multiple ASF files are to be played in succession. Both RTSP and MMS streaming protocols are supported, as well as HTTP. Advanced Systems Format (formerly Advanced Streaming Format) is Microsofts proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media. ... RTSP is the Real Time Streaming Protocol developed by the IETF and published in 1998 as RFC 2326. ... Microsofts streaming server Microsoft Media Services (also called NetShow Services) uses the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) protocol to transfer unicast data. ... HTTP (for HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the primary method used to convey information on the World Wide Web. ...

ASX files have MIME type video/x-ms-asf (as do ASF files). Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet Standard that extends the format of e-mail to support: text in character sets other than US-ASCII; non-text attachments; multi-part message bodies; and header information in non-ASCII character sets. ... Advanced Systems Format (formerly Advanced Streaming Format) is Microsofts proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially meant for streaming media. ...

Example

 <asx version="3.0"> <title>Example.com Live Stream</title> <entry> <title>Short Announcement to Play Before Main Stream</title> <ref href="http://example.com/announcement.wma" /> <param name="aParameterName" value="aParameterValue"/> </entry> <entry> <title>Example radio</title> <ref href="http://example.com:8080" /> <author>Example.com</author> <copyright>©2005 Example.com</copyright> </entry> </asx> 

See also

• M3U
• PLS
• XSPF

M3U (MPEG Version 3. ... PLS is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists. ... XML Shareable Playlist Format (XSPF), pronounced spiff, is an XML-based playlist format for digital media, sponsored by the Xiph. ...

External links

• MSDN Simple ASX
• MSDN ASX
• MSDN How To Embed Windows Media Player in a HTML Web Page Using ASX (For Webmasters)
• Creating A Windows Media Custom Experience With Useing ASX (For Webmasters)