DSH Converter

Extract text from Venue show files (DSH)


Drop or upload your .DSH file
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How to extract text from your DSH file

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

Convert DSH to another file type

To convert DSH Show files to another format, you need VENUE Standalone Software or other Data software.

Convert a file to DSH

To convert other file formats to the "Hardware Configuration File" file type, you need software like VENUE Standalone Software or a similar tool.


About DSH files

The .DSH file format serves multiple distinct purposes depending on the hardware or software that created it. Most commonly, it is a Digidesign VENUE Showfile used by Avid live sound mixing consoles to save fader positions, EQ settings, and routing configurations. Another frequent use is as an XML-based HMI Project Screen File for industrial touch panels, managed by Weintek EasyBuilder Pro. Less commonly, it functions as a manufacturing data sheet in Lectra CAD/CAM software or an automated cutter pattern file. These files are highly proprietary and machine-specific. A standard PC cannot natively open an audio console configuration or an industrial machine interface without the exact matching software. This vendor lock-in means you cannot easily view or share the contents. Standard online converters fail because they lack the specific parsing logic for these niche hardware formats. Converting a VENUE showfile to another format is generally impossible, as the data only applies to Avid DSP architecture. However, the Weintek variant is based on standard XML, meaning its raw data can be extracted. Just drag and drop your file to convert.guru to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Our analyzer will check the file signature. If it detects the underlying text or XML structure, it will safely expose the configuration data. If it is a binary machine file, we will identify the exact system it belongs to so you can download the correct offline editor.

Convert.Guru analyzes your DSH file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert DSH file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use VENUE Standalone Software or similar software from the "Hardware Configuration & Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to DSH, try VENUE Standalone Software or another comparable tool in the "Hardware Configuration & Data" category.



The DSH 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 DSH converter.