User Guide

FILE FORMATS AND ATTRIBUTES

To install the ASF authoring and conversion tools, select Microsoft NetShow Tools

from the list in the main setup program on the Sound Forge XP CD-ROM.This

will run Microsoft’s setup program for the NetShow Tools.

Further documentation for this software is available on the NetShow web page.

At this time, the components shipped on the Sound Forge CD-ROM are for the

x86 and Pentium platforms only. See Microsoft’s web page for availability of

components for other platforms.

USING THE BUILT-IN TEMPLATES

Sound Forge contains a number of built-in templates for saving AVI or WAV

files as ASF files. These templates have been designed by Microsoft to be

optimized for certain bandwidths.To use these templates, follow these steps:

1. Open Sample1.avi from the Tutorial Files\NetShow folder on the Sound

Forge CD-ROM. This file is a short video clip that uses the Intel Indeo

Interactive VCM video codec installed with the NetShow Player. The Intel

codec is well-suited for mid to high bit-rate video.The audio track in this

file is PCM.

2. Click on the File menu, followed by the Save As option.

3. Select Advanced Streaming Format from the Save as type drop-down list.

4. Click the Save button. The NetShow Settings dialog appears.

5. A high bit rate ASF file can be created from this file by simply choosing a

built-in template. The numbers preceeding the names of the templates

indicate the target bandwidth for the ASF file. Higher numbers require

wider bandwidth conncetions.

For this file, choose the 100 Presentation Video template from the Template list.

This template is designed for a Dual ISDN connection and a “talking head”-

type video like Sample1.avi.

5. Click the Save button, and the AVI is saved.