Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DVI file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert DVI to another file type
To convert DVI files to another format, you need TeX Typesetting System or other Page Layout software.
Convert a file to DVI
To convert other file formats to the "Device Independent Layout" file type, you need software like TeX Typesetting System or a similar tool.
About DVI files
The .DVI file extension primarily represents a Device Independent file, which is the default output format generated by the TeX and LaTeX typesetting systems. It contains the precise visual layout of a document, including exact coordinate placements for characters, fonts, and spacing. However, its major disadvantage is that it does not embed the actual fonts or images; it merely references them. A secondary, entirely different use for .DVI is as a Driver Vision Input video file created by DewesoftX data acquisition (DAQ) software. Both formats pose significant compatibility challenges. TeX .DVI files require specialized software like Yap or Evince to open, and sharing them usually results in broken layouts if the recipient lacks the exact local font packages. Dewesoft video files are proprietary and will not play in standard media players. To solve this, users must convert TeX .DVI files to PDF or PS (PostScript) to freeze the layout and embed the fonts for universal viewing. For DAQ videos, exporting to standard MP4 or AVI via the native software is required. Standard online converters often fail with .DVI files because they lack access to the referenced local fonts or proprietary DAQ codecs. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your DVI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert DVI file to PDF, VGA, MP4, DP, USB, AVI, PS, TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX or ODT, you can use TeX Typesetting System or similar software from the "Typesetting Document Output" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert PDF, DOC, ASC, TODO, NFO, MEMO, README, DOCX, JPG, TXT, NOTE or RTF files to DVI, try TeX Typesetting System or another comparable tool in the "Typesetting Document Output" category.
The DVI 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 DVI converter.