3 Best Ways to Convert ASF to MP4 on Windows/Mac

How to convert ASF to MP4 on Windows/Mac

After spending hours on testing various online and offline ASF to MP4 converters, we decide to recommend the three best ones below:

• TalkHelper Video Converter (Recommended)
• VLC Media Player
• FFmpeg

#1. TalkHelper Video Converter

TalkHelper Video Converter allows you to quickly convert your ASF video to MP4 format on Windows 10, for free. It supports conversion between a variety of video and audio formats, including ASF, WMV, AVI, MKV, WebM, MPEG, MP4 and more. It also provides helpful presets for different mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, Android, and Xbox, and allows you to perform batch conversions. 

Steps to convert ASF to MP4 using TalkHelper Video Converter:

Step 1: Install the offline software on your Windows PC and launch it. Click the “Add files” button to import your .asf video. Alternatively, you can simply drag and drop the ASF file.

Step 2: Once the ASF video is imported, you can choose MP4 as the target format, then click “Start Convert” button to convert the ASF video to MP4.

#2. VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player is a popular all-media player tool that also happens to feature a built-in video converter. It is a free and open-source ASF to MP4 converter that is available on all platforms including Windows, Mac and Linux. 

Cons:

• No batch processing
• Conversion options are not that obvious

Steps to convert an ASF file to MP4 format using VLC:

Step 1: Start the VLC Media Player on your system.

Step 2: Click on the “Media” tab and then select “Convert/Save” option from the drop-down list.

Step 3: On the “Open Media” page, click “Add” option to add the .asf video files for conversion.

Step 4: Next, click on “Convert/Save” option.

Step 5: On the “Convert” page, go to the Profile section and select “MP4” format as the target format. Click on “Start” button to start the conversion process.

#3. FFmpeg (Command line)

FFmpeg is a comprehensive, free, and open-source ASF to MP4 converter with cross-platform support. One advantage of this ASF converter is its portability coupled with support for almost any format. However, this converter works from the command line and therefore best suits advanced users. Although, the step-by-step guide below simplifies the process for everyone.

Cons:

• Can be cumbersome for novice users
• No graphical user interface

Steps to convert ASF videos into MP4 using FFmpeg:

Step 1: Download and extract FFmpeg files from https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html

Step 2: Copy the ASF file into the same directory containing the FFmpeg executables.

Step 3: Open a command window in the executables’ folder, type this command (without quotes), “ffmpeg -i input.asf output.mp4” and hit the Enter key. Substitute the input and output names with your preferred ones like the example below;