Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DVF file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert DVF to another file type
The converter easily converts your DVF recordings to various formats - free and online. No Sony Sound Organizer or or other Audio software needed.
DVF to MP3
Convert a file to DVF
To convert other file formats to the "Proprietary Voice Audio" file type, you need software like Sony Sound Organizer or a similar tool.
About DVF files
The .dvf file extension primarily acts as a Sony Digital Voice File. It is a heavily compressed, proprietary audio format created by older Sony ICD-series digital dictation machines and voice recorders. Less commonly, .dvf files can contain video surveillance recordings exported from Hikvision DVR/HVR systems or FineVu dashcams. The main disadvantage of the .dvf format is its closed ecosystem. Because it is proprietary, modern web browsers, smartphones, and even popular media players like VLC cannot play .dvf files natively. Opening these files requires tracking down legacy software like Sony Digital Voice Editor or Sony Sound Organizer, which often fails to run on modern 64-bit operating systems. Leaving important voice memos or dictations in this format practically guarantees they will be unreadable in the future. To make your audio accessible, you must convert it. For universal playback on any device, convert .dvf to MP3 or M4A. If you plan to clean up the background noise or edit the voice track in software like Audacity or Adobe Audition, convert to WAV to prevent further compression artifacts. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing outdated software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your DVF file.
If you want to convert DVF file to WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Sony Sound Organizer or similar software from the "Voice Recorder Audio File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to DVF, try Sony Sound Organizer or another comparable tool in the "Voice Recorder Audio File" category.
The DVF 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 DVF converter.