What is the difference between .asf and .fits?
- Extension
- .asf
- .fits
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Video
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Microsoft
- IAU FITS Working Group
- Description
- An ASF file is a media file stored in the Advanced Systems Format (ASF), a proprietary video and audio container format. It contains audio and video data and optional metadata, such as title, author, and copyright bibliographic data. ASF files are developed by Microsoft primarily for streaming media.
- The Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) file format is a digital file format used primarily in astronomy for storing, transmitting, and analyzing scientific images and data. Developed in the late 1970s, FITS was designed to provide a standard for the interchange of astronomical data, facilitating the sharing and analysis of data among astronomers and researchers worldwide.
- MIME Type
- video/x-ms-asf
- image/fits
- Sample
- sample.asf
- sample.fits
- Wikipedia
- .asf on Wikipedia
- .fits on Wikipedia