Convert legacy mobile videos (3GP) online for free
The converter easily converts your 3GP mobile videos to various formats - free and online. No VLC media player or or other Video software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Mobile Video File" formats to 3GP without using software like VLC media player or a similar tool.
A .3gp file is a multimedia container format defined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project. It was created in the early 2000s specifically to transmit video and audio between 3G mobile phones over slow, low-bandwidth mobile networks. Internally, it is a simplified version of the MP4 format. It typically stores video streams encoded in H.263 or H.264 and audio in AMR-NB, AMR-WB, or AAC-LC formats.
You can open .3gp files with older media players like VLC media player or Apple QuickTime Player. However, modern use of this format is extremely frustrating. The .3gp format is severely outdated and uses aggressive compression, resulting in heavily pixelated video and poor audio quality compared to modern standards. Worse, it is no longer supported by most modern web browsers, smart TVs, social media platforms, or professional video editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro.
To make these files usable today, you need to convert them. For web playback and broad compatibility across all modern devices, convert .3gp to MP4. If you need to extract a voice recording or audio track, convert to MP3 or AAC. For archival or editing purposes, MOV or AVI can be useful, though converting cannot restore the lost original quality. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your 3GP file.
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If you want to convert 3GP file to , you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "Mobile Video Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RMVB or TS files to 3GP, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Video Container" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our 3GP converter.