Extract text from PlayStation game videos (DDV)
To convert DDV game videos to another format, you need Oddworld Inhabitants or other Video software.
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Game Video File" file type, you need software like Oddworld Inhabitants or a similar tool.
A .DDV file is a proprietary Full Motion Video (FMV) format used to store pre-rendered cutscenes in legacy video games, most notably PlayStation titles and PC games like Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus. These files multiplex raw audio and compressed video streams optimized for the slow read speeds of 1990s CD-ROM drives.
Modern media players and web browsers lack native support for the .DDV container. The format is entirely proprietary, meaning it requires specialized codecs or reverse-engineered demuxers built on FFmpeg to decode the video stream. You need to convert this file because you cannot upload it to YouTube, share it on social networks, or import it into standard video editors like Adobe Premiere Pro.
Converting .DDV to modern standards like MP4 (H.264), MKV, or AVI is highly recommended. Conversion makes the video universally playable, though you cannot improve the original low-resolution, retro artifacts.
Because this is a closed, undocumented format, it is extremely difficult to open or convert with standard tools. Often, only the original game engine can properly read the data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DDV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert DDV file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Oddworld Inhabitants or similar software from the "Game Cutscene Video Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to DDV, try Oddworld Inhabitants or another comparable tool in the "Game Cutscene Video 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 DDV converter.