DREAM Converter

Extract text from DREAM files

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Drop or upload your .DREAM file

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How to extract text from your DREAM file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DREAM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert DREAM to another file type

To convert your DREAM file to another format, you need DeskScapes or other System software.

Convert a file to DREAM

To convert other file formats to the "Animated Wallpaper File" file type, you need software like DeskScapes or a similar tool.

About DREAM files

A .dream file is primarily an animated desktop background package used by Stardock DeskScapes. These files allow Windows users to replace static wallpapers with moving video or dynamic 3D scenes.

Technically, a .dream file is often a renamed ZIP archive containing a video file (usually WMV, MPEG, or AVI) wrapped with a Dream.xml configuration file and a thumbnail. However, "Dynamic Dreams" are different; they contain compiled code (DLLs) to render real-time graphics and cannot be simply converted to video.

Common Friction Points:
Users often struggle because .dream files are proprietary to the Stardock ecosystem. You cannot upload them directly to YouTube, share them on social media, or view them on macOS/mobile without conversion.

Best Conversion Targets:

For General Use/Sharing: Convert the internal video stream to MP4 (H.264/AAC). This ensures compatibility with all browsers and phones.
For Editing: Convert to MOV (ProRes) if you plan to edit the background in Adobe Premiere Pro.
For Procreate Users: Note that while some users search for "Procreate .dream files," the iPad app Procreate Dreams actually saves projects as DRM files. If you have a file named .dream from Procreate, it may be a misnamed export.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your DREAM file.

Users also converted DMV, M4F, DVT and NUMBERS files.

FAQ

If you want to convert DREAM file to NUMBERS, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV or ASF, you can use DeskScapes or similar software from the "Animated Desktop Background" 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 DREAM, try DeskScapes or another comparable tool in the "Animated Desktop Background" category.

The DREAM 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 DREAM converter.