If you have a frequent demand for online meeting/training, web conferencing or video conferencing, product should not be a stranger to you. According to the latest reports, Conference Software Market will grow at a CAGR of 10-15% till 2024 and WebEx is one standout.
There are two types of Webex recording files —.ARF and.WRF. Choose the right player for your recording. File Type.ARF File.WRF File. Watch Get the Webex. To play an ARF file, you must have the Network Recording Player, available as a free download from WebEx, installed on your computer. In addition to playing your downloaded ARF files, you can also use it to convert the recordings to the WMV, SWF or MP4 file formats, which makes it convenient to share them with others.
After you record the whole meeting content, the recording will be stored in WebEx's cloud server automatically. And it will be saved as an.arf file (WebEx Advanced Recording File) you download it from WebEx to your PC.
However, ARF is a proprietary format of WebEx which means ARF file is not compatible with other media players, applications or devices and can only be played. Due to the special property of ARF file, you may want to convert ARF file to those common video or audio formats like MP4, WMV, AVI, MKV, MP3, etc for freely playback, or other various usage. This article will be divided into two parts to demonstrate how to convert ARF to other popular formats. Convert ARF to WMV with WebEx Player. Note: An additional WebEx conversion tool is required for converting the recording to MP4 format.
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And after you download the tool, your Media Access Control address is stored in WebEx's records for tracking purposes. It's a bit complex and not advisable to change ARFto MP4 format with WebEx Player. So converting to WMV or SWF is recommended.
3.Set output location, video quality and 'Conversion Start Time', then start the conversion. However, the conversion time mostly depends on your original recording size and Network Speed, you have to be patient in waiting. Besides, WebEx Player only recognizes ARF file and supports three optional formats WMV/SWF/MP4. So if you need to convert ARF file or other video and audio file to some mainstream formats, you will fail. To solve this problem, you may need this professional ARF converting software.
Let's turn to Part 2 right now. How to Convert ARF to MP4 or Other Popular Formats with Free ARF Converter There do exist some ARF to MP4 converter online that claim to have high efficiency, but as far as I know based on my personal experience, none of them really work for their bad compatibility problems. Converting ARF to MP4 online is impossible!
Therefore, it’s recommended that you convert ARF files with this useful tool –.
The files saved contain the video made during the recording, along with a table of contents, the list of people who attended the conference call and much more. If you need to download your recording and are not sure where to find it, head to your My WebEx account. Choose My Files, then My Recordings. Click on More and then Download next to the proper presentation. When you are ready to play back your conference recording ARF file, you can easily use Cicsco’s on both Apple and Windows systems. However, the ARF files will not work with your YouTube, Google Docs or Dropbox accounts. In order to upload the conference to another site to share with others, you are going to need to convert it.
There are two super simple – and free! – options to convert this file. The first is to use the free WebEx Recording Player. Just open up your saved conference in the software. Click on File and then Convert Format and choose your preferred extension, such as an MP4 or WMV file. The other thing you can do is download the free. This little piece of free software is extremely powerful – and does an excellent job converting many different types of files.
What other types of file extensions are giving you headaches? Need help figuring out what to use to play a certain file or how to convert it to something else?
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