Extract text from Disc cover files (DCOVER)
To convert DCOVER disc covers to another format, you need Disc Cover or other Page Layout software.
To convert other file formats to the "Disc Label Design" file type, you need software like Disc Cover or a similar tool.
The .DCOVER file is a proprietary label design document created by BeLight Software Disc Cover. It stores layouts, background images, vector shapes, and text boxes specifically formatted for CD, DVD, and Blu-ray disc labels and jewel cases.
This format is heavily restricted. It is a closed, proprietary file type designed exclusively for a legacy macOS application. You cannot open it natively in web browsers, Windows PCs, or standard vector graphic editors like Adobe Illustrator. Because physical optical media is largely obsolete, users often find themselves locked out of old .DCOVER archives without the required software or hardware.
The ideal conversion targets are PDF for accurate print reproduction, or JPG and PNG for digital archiving. Because it is a closed layout format, standard online converters fail to process it. Usually, only the original macOS software can properly render the data. We inspect the file to attempt extraction of underlying embedded images or text, giving you access to your content even when full layout rendering is blocked.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DCOVER file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DCOVER file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use Disc Cover or similar software from the "Optical Media Label Layout" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to DCOVER, try Disc Cover or another comparable tool in the "Optical Media Label Layout" 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 DCOVER converter.