How to convert your DMB file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DMB file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert DMB to another file type
The converter easily converts your DMB file to various formats - free and online. No Steam or extra software needed.
- DMB to EXE
- DMB to ISO
- DMB to BIN
- DMB to CUE
- DMB to PAK
- DMB to WAD
- DMB to PK3
- DMB to PK4
- DMB to BSP
- DMB to MAP
- DMB to SAV
- DMB to DAT
Convert a file to DMB
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Settings formats to DMB with high quality output.
- MOD to DMB
- BIN to DMB
- CFG to DMB
- SCX to DMB
- DAT to DMB
- MPQ to DMB
- LOG to DMB
- CUE to DMB
- INI to DMB
- EXE to DMB
- SCM to DMB
- ISO to DMB
About DMB files
The .DMB extension serves three distinct, incompatible purposes, creating significant confusion for users. Most commonly (56%), it is a proprietary configuration backup generated by the Cognex DataMan Setup Tool. These files contain critical device settings, network parameters, and symbology configurations for industrial barcode readers. While technically a ZIP container holding XML data, the file is often version-locked; opening a .DMB file created in a newer firmware version on an older setup tool frequently fails. Users needing to audit these settings without the hardware often face a "read-only" wall. The pragmatic workaround is renaming the extension to ZIP to inspect the internal XML structure, though restoring it requires the exact software version.
Alternatively, for gamers and developers, a .DMB file is a compiled game executable or map file for the BYOND (Build Your Own Net Dream) engine, used for titles like Space Station 13. These are binary blobs meant for the Dream Seeker client and cannot be easily edited or converted into human-readable code. Finally, in legacy media contexts, .DMB refers to Digital Multimedia Broadcasting video files (a mobile TV standard used in South Korea). These files are now obsolete and virtually unplayable on modern devices like iPhones or Windows 11. For these video files, conversion to MP4 or MKV is mandatory for viewing.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your DMB file.
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The DMB 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 DMB converter.