.wax files

wazza

Any idea how i can play .wax files?

here is a link to a website where i want to play the music

http://www.warrenhaynes.net/lone_ep.html

impy78

Windows media player.

wazza

impy78 wrote:

Windows media player.

erm i have tried that but get a message that it can't play this file. I am on WMP 9

impy78

Ah, I've got wmp 10, and it automatically opens when I click on the link for the song.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

These are all meta-files. They are not audio or video files, but rather text files used for two inter-related purposes:
1) creating playlists for particular types of actual audio/video files
2) allowing pseudo-streaming of those particular types of actual audio/video files

I use the term pseudo-streaming to differentiate from actual streaming which will only be achieved by a streaming server, which is not the case for most servers on the net.

So when you encounter a file with one of those extensions, the first thing you should do is open it with Notepad. Unless somebody has mis-labelled them (in error or intentionally), you should be able to read the contents of the file and you will find reference to the actual audio/video file(s).

Then you identify the actual media file name referenced in the meta-file, and this is the file you need to download and work with for purposes of conversion.

These meta-files have different layouts, but essentially they all accomplish the same thing: ultimately point to the actual media files to be streamed.

According to Microsoft, you should be able to play it on WMP though.

Windows Media Metafiles (.asx, .wax, .wvx, .wpl)
Advanced Stream Redirector (.asx)
Versions of Windows Media Player that support this file type: • Windows Media Player 7
• Windows Media Player for Windows XP
• Windows Media Player 9 Series
• Windows Media Player 10
• Windows Media Player 11

wazza

strange it is working today