Extract text from KVM video files (DVC)
To convert DVC video files to another format, you need Cisco CIMC KVM or other Video software.
To convert other file formats to the "Console Video Capture" file type, you need software like Cisco CIMC KVM or a similar tool.
The .DVC file extension most commonly represents a proprietary KVM console video recording generated by Cisco CIMC. IT administrators use this format to record server boot processes or crash diagnostics. Less commonly, .DVC acts as a data metafile for the open-source Data Version Control (DVC) system, tracking large datasets for machine learning models. A third use case is a lighting show control file for the Daslight Virtual Controller.
Cisco CIMC .DVC video files are notoriously frustrating to work with. The format is entirely closed and proprietary. Standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player cannot decode the internal video stream. You typically need the specific, often Java-reliant Cisco KVM player to view the playback. Converting these captures to a standard MP4 or AVI format is usually impossible without using the original Cisco hardware and software to export the stream.
In the machine learning ecosystem, a .DVC file is actually a plain text file (similar to YAML) that acts as a pointer. It does not contain actual data. Instead, it stores an MD5 hash and file size, pointing to a large data blob stored in a remote repository (like AWS S3). Users often mistakenly try to convert these text files expecting to retrieve their datasets.
Because .DVC files are either highly proprietary video streams, context-dependent text pointers, or closed-source lighting configurations, generic conversion tools fail to process them. Our analyzer will safely inspect the file headers and identify whether it is a video capture, a text-based Git metafile, or a lighting config, and display any readable internal metadata.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DVC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted DCV, MOV, MPG, DAV, STS, VDT, BMC, MP4 and DVD files.
If you want to convert DVC file to MP4, DVD, SHP, KML, KMZ, GPX, GEOJSON, TOPOJSON, TIF, TIFF, ECW or SID, you can use Cisco CIMC KVM or similar software from the "KVM Video & Data Metadata" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert LAZ, KMZ, DTM, CSV, DEM, PRJ, LAS, GPX, DSM, SHP, DBF or KML files to DVC, try Cisco CIMC KVM or another comparable tool in the "KVM Video & Data Metadata" 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 DVC converter.