Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CTV file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert CTV to another file type
To convert CTV files to another format, you need Camtasia Studio or other Data software.
Convert a file to CTV
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Data Container" file type, you need software like Camtasia Studio or a similar tool.
About CTV files
The .CTV file extension is a notorious example of format collision, meaning it is used for completely unrelated purposes by different software. Most commonly, a .CTV file is an automotive diagnostic data file generated by iVIDENT diagnostic tools. Alternatively, it is a Course Technology video used by Camtasia Studio, an academic test file by SinaSoft, or a project database for Citavi, a reference management tool developed by Swiss Academic Software. This severe fragmentation creates major disadvantages. A .CTV file is highly proprietary. You cannot natively open it in a web browser, and standard media players or text editors will typically crash or display garbled text. To view a diagnostic log, you are forced to use specialized, expensive automotive scanning hardware. To watch a video, you need a paid software license. Users desperately need to convert these files to escape these heavy restrictions. For video files, converting .CTV to MP4 or AVI is mandatory for sharing. For diagnostic data or reference projects, converting to CSV, PDF, or XML is required to send reports to mechanics or colleagues. Standard online converters almost always fail because they cannot determine which specific variant of .CTV they are processing. Because this is a closed, proprietary format, third-party conversion is incredibly difficult. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, you can drag and drop your file to convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. Our analyzer will inspect the internal headers to identify the exact file type. If we detect an embedded standard format, viewing or extracting the text and media may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CTV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert CTV file to SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF, FLA, XFL or SKETCH, you can use Camtasia Studio or similar software from the "Automotive Diagnostics or Video" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert AFPUB, EPS, FIG, VSD, SKETCH, VDX, AFPHOTO, PDF, AFDESIGN, SVG, VSDX or AI files to CTV, try Camtasia Studio or another comparable tool in the "Automotive Diagnostics or Video" category.
The CTV 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 CTV converter.