BC Converter

Extract text from BC files


Drop or upload your .BC file
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How to extract text from your BC file

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

Convert BC to another file type

To convert your BC file to another format, you need Boxcryptor or other Encoded software.

  • BC to AD
  • BC to BP
  • BC to CE
  • BC to LL
  • BC to TMP
  • BC to TEMP
  • BC to CACHE
  • BC to LOG
  • BC to BAK
  • BC to OLD
  • BC to NEW
  • BC to PART

Convert a file to BC

To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Data Container" file type, you need software like Boxcryptor or a similar tool.

  • DEVICE to BC
  • CACHE to BC
  • SOCK to BC
  • SYMLINK to BC
  • PID to BC
  • MOUNT to BC
  • FIFO to BC
  • LOG to BC
  • PIPE to BC
  • TMP to BC
  • JUNCTION to BC
  • TEMP to BC

About BC files

The .BC extension is a classic example of a filename collision, primarily representing two very different, high-friction file types: Boxcryptor encrypted files and LLVM bitcode.

Most general users encounter this file as a Boxcryptor container. This is a proprietary, encrypted wrapper used to secure files in cloud storage (like Dropbox or Google Drive). The major disadvantage here is strict vendor lock-in; you cannot view, edit, or convert the contents (which might be a DOCX contract or JPG photo) without the original password and the Boxcryptor client. If you are migrating away from Boxcryptor, these files are essentially digital paperweights until decrypted. The goal is to convert these back to their original unencrypted formats for archiving and accessibility.

For developers, .BC stands for LLVM Bitcode, a binary intermediate representation generated by the LLVM compiler infrastructure. While efficient for machines, it is unreadable to humans. Engineers typically need to convert this binary format into human-readable LLVM Assembly (LL) using the llvm-dis tool for debugging, or compile it into a native object file (O).

Less frequently, a .BC file is a temporary partial download created by BitComet. These files are incomplete and often locked by the torrent client, rendering them useless for conversion until the download finishes.

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

Users also converted BC!, MPG, JPG, PDF, ZIP, BCT, DCTMP, AD, BP, CE and LL files.



The BC 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 BC converter.