How to play Axis ACSM files

Today I had a hard time figuring out how to play Axis ACSM files. ACSM files are security camera video files, created with Axis Camera Station. This is my solution:

download RecordingToAsfConverter

open a dosbox (Windows command line / CMD) and use the following command:

RecordingToAsfConverter.exe d:\path_to_acsm_files\filename.acsm c:\my_asf_files 

This command will generate an ASF file, which can easily be opened with a media player like VLC.

A batch

Put all the AXIS ACSM files in one folder (for example, c:\temp)

c:\temp>w:\software\axisconverter\RecordingToAsfConverter.exe c:\temp\*.acsm c:\temp\

 

Comments

[Rich M]

This is very helpful, although the link is broken. Is there somewhere else to get this converter? Thanks!

[Mark]

You're right, the links seems to be broken now. I'm glad I did save my copy of the file. I think the file is also part of the Axis Camera Station software, which can be downloaded (evalution version) at http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/index.htm

Good luck !