DV Converter

Convert Digital video files (DV) online for free


Drop or upload your .DV file
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How to convert your DV file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DV file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert DV to another file type

The converter easily converts your DV Videos to various formats - free and online. No VLC media player or other Video software needed.

  • DV to MP4
  • DV to MOV
  • DV to MKV
  • DV to AVI
  • DV to WMV
  • DV to FLV
  • DV to WEBM
  • DV to M4V
  • DV to 3GP
  • DV to OGV
  • DV to MLP
  • DV to APTX

Convert a file to DV

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Legacy Camcorder Video" formats to DV without using software like VLC media player or a similar tool.

  • MTS to DV
  • MOV to DV
  • DIVX to DV
  • RM to DV
  • H264 to DV
  • WMV to DV
  • VOB to DV
  • MP4 to DV
  • XVID to DV
  • AVI to DV
  • VDO to DV
  • DCE to DV

About DV files

.DV files are standard definition video files created by early digital camcorders using the DV format (such as MiniDV or DVCAM). These files contain raw, lightly compressed video data captured directly from magnetic tape. You can open them using desktop software like VLC media player or edit them in professional software like Adobe Premiere Pro.

The main disadvantage of the .DV format is its massive file size and outdated architecture. Because DV uses inefficient intraframe compression, it consumes roughly 13 GB of storage for a single hour of 480i standard-definition video. Furthermore, .DV files are completely unsupported by modern web browsers, smartphones, and smart TVs. They rely on interlaced video, which causes ugly horizontal "combing" artifacts when played on modern progressive computer monitors.

To make these videos usable today, you must convert them. For web playback and sharing on mobile devices, convert to MP4 using the H.264 codec. For long-term archiving with minimal quality loss, convert to MKV. For professional video editing, convert to MOV or Apple ProRes. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.

Note: A small percentage of .DV files are actually save files used by video games like the Gothic series, Deltarune, or Dungeon Village. These are simple binary or text data files, completely unrelated to video formats.

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

Users also converted DCV, M4V, H264, TDT, MP4, MOV, SDR, USB and MKV files.


FAQ

If you want to convert DV file to SDR or USB, you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "Digital Video Recording" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RMVB or TS files to DV, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "Digital Video Recording" category.



The DV 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 DV converter.