Extract text from CTV files
To convert your CTV file to another format, you need Citavi or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Diagnostic Log" file type, you need software like Citavi or a similar tool.
A .CTV file is a prime example of a file extension collision, most frequently representing either iVIDENT automotive diagnostic data or a legacy Citavi bibliographic project. If you are working with vehicle diagnostics, this file contains critical sensor logs, freeze frame data, and error codes locked inside a proprietary binary format. The main limitation is that standard spreadsheet tools like Microsoft Excel cannot natively read this raw data, making it difficult to analyze performance metrics or share reports with clients without specific scanner software.
For academic researchers, a .CTV file is often a project database from older versions of Citavi (specifically versions 3 through 5). While valuable for archiving, these files are incompatible with modern web-based reference managers. To make this data useful again, the best workflow is converting diagnostic logs to CSV or XLSX for analysis, and bibliographic databases to RIS or BibTeX for import into tools like Zotero or EndNote. In rare educational contexts, this may also be a legacy "Class Test" video container, which should be converted to MP4 for playback on modern devices.
Convert.Guru analyzes your CTV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CSV, CCS, NPF and NDP files.
If you want to convert CTV file to SVG, AI, EPS, PDF, JPG, CDR, WMF, EMF, SWF, FLA, XFL or SKETCH, you can use Citavi or similar software from the "Diagnostic Data Storage" 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 Citavi or another comparable tool in the "Diagnostic Data Storage" 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 CTV converter.