AGM Converter

Extract text from DVR security videos (AGM)


Drop or upload your .AGM file

How to extract text from your AGM file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AGM file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert AGM to another file type

To convert AGM videos to another format, you need AGMPlayer or other Video software.

Convert a file to AGM

To convert other file formats to the "Surveillance Video Format" file type, you need software like AGMPlayer or a similar tool.


About AGM files

The .AGM file extension is primarily known as a proprietary surveillance video format used by AGP DVR Systems. Alternatively, it serves as a DTS Multi-channel Pro Packer File utilized by the DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder to organize mono audio tracks. The AGM format is extremely frustrating for users. As a closed, proprietary DVR container (often based on a modified RIFF structure), it multiplexes simultaneous camera streams into a single file. This means standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player cannot open it. The DTS variant is merely an intermediate package of metadata and track layouts, completely useless outside its specific software suite. To make these files usable, video AGM files must be exported or converted to MP4 or AVI for universal playback, though multi-camera layouts are usually flattened to single views. For the audio variant, extracting the original WAV or MP3 files is preferred. Because these are highly proprietary formats, standard online converters invariably fail. Often, only the original DVR software or DTS encoder can properly read and export the data. However, convert.guru allows you to just drag and drop your file to identify the exact format, view its internal text, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects a supported embedded RIFF video or audio stream, partial viewing or extraction may still be achieved.

Convert.Guru analyzes your AGM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert AGM file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use AGMPlayer or similar software from the "DVR Video Recording" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to AGM, try AGMPlayer or another comparable tool in the "DVR Video Recording" category.



The AGM Converter Story

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 AGM converter.