FBR Converter

Extract text from FlashBack screen recordings (FBR)


Drop or upload your .FBR file

How to extract text from your FBR file

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

Convert FBR to another file type

To convert FBR recordings to another format, you need BB FlashBack or other Video software.

Convert a file to FBR

To convert other file formats to the "Screen Recording File" file type, you need software like BB FlashBack or a similar tool.


About FBR files

The .FBR file extension primarily represents a FlashBack Screen Recording file created by Blueberry FlashBack. These files capture desktop activity, webcam feeds, and audio for tutorials or software demos. A smaller fraction of .FBR files are Flash-based digital flipbooks generated by FlipBuilder software, and an even smaller amount relates to legacy HP Mercury Screen Recordings. The main disadvantage of the .FBR format is its heavily proprietary nature. You cannot upload an .FBR file directly to YouTube, play it in VLC, or open it in a standard web browser. The recipient must install the specific Blueberry FlashBack Player just to view the video. Furthermore, if your file is a FlipBuilder flipbook, it relies on legacy Flash technology, which is permanently disabled in all modern browsers. Sharing these files directly guarantees frustration for the end user. To fix these playback issues, you must convert the file. For screen recordings, convert to MP4 or WebM for seamless web sharing and universal playback on phones and PCs. If you need to edit the recording in professional software like Adobe Premiere Pro, converting to AVI or MOV is highly recommended. For the older flipbook .FBR files, convert them to PDF to preserve the layout for archiving or reading without Flash plugins. Just drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing extra software.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert FBR file to MP4, AVI, PDF, MP3, WMV, MOV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP or OGV, you can use BB FlashBack or similar software from the "Screen Recording Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to FBR, try BB FlashBack or another comparable tool in the "Screen Recording Storage" category.



The FBR 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 FBR converter.