Advanced Stream Redirector

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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.

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.

ASX files have MIME type video/x-ms-asf (as do ASF files).

With the introduction of the WMA and WMV container formats, WAX and WVX extensions have also been introduced by Microsoft respectively.

[edit] 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>

[edit] See also

• Windows Media
• M3U
• PLS
• XSPF

[edit] External links

• MSDN Simple ASX
• MSDN ASX Elements Reference
• MSDN How To Embed Windows Media Player in a HTML Web Page Using ASX (For Webmasters)
• Creating Customized Web Experiences with Windows Media Player 9 Series

[edit] References

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