NAME

       Video::Info::ASF - ASF files for attributes like:

        -video codec
        -audio codec
        -frame height
        -frame width
        -frame count

       and more!

SYNOPSIS

         use Video::Info::ASF;

         my $video;

         $video = Video::Info::ASF->new(-file=>$filename);                          #like this

         $video->vcodec;                         #video codec
         $video->acodec;                         #audio codec
         ...

DESCRIPTION

       ASF stands for Advanced Systems Format, in case you were wondering.  It used to stand for
       Active Streaming Format, but Microsoft decided to change it.  This type of file is
       primarily used to store audio & video data for local or streaming playback.  It can also
       be embedded with commands (to launch a web browser, for instance), for an "immersive"
       experience.  ASF is similar in structure to RIFF. (See RIFF::Info).  The morbidly curious
       can find out more below in REFERENCES.

   INHERITED METHODS
       Video::Info::ASF is a subclass of Video::Info, a wrapper module designed to meet your
       multimedia needs for many types of files.  As such, not all methods available in
       Video::Info::ASF are documented here.

       Video::Info::ASF has one constructor, new().  It is called as:
         -file       => $filename,   #your ASF file Returns a Video::Info::ASF object if the file
       was opened successfully.

       The Video::Info::ASF object to parses the file by method probe().  This does a series of
       sysread()s on the file to figure out what the properties are.

       Now, call one (or more) of the Video::Info methods to get the low-down on your file.  See
       Video::Info.

   CLASS SPECIFIC METHODS
       header() : returns the header section of the ASF file.

BUGS

       Audio codec name mapping is incomplete.  If you know the name that corresponds to an audio
       codec ID that I don't, tell me.

       Some Video::Info methods are not honored, such as fps and vframes.  I haven't been able to
       figure out how to extract this information from the ASF 1.0 spec.  Any information would
       be appreciated.

AUTHOR

        Copyright (c) 2002
        Aladdin Free Public License (see LICENSE for details)
        Allen Day <allenday@ucla.edu>

REFERENCES

       mplayer - movie player for linux:
         http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/

       Microsoft ASF:
         http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/WM7/format/asfspec11300e.asp

SEE ALSO

        L<perl>
        L<Video::Info>
        L<RIFF::Info>