Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FBR file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert FBR to another file type
The converter easily converts your FBR file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
Convert a file to FBR
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to FBR with high quality output.
About FBR files
An .FBR file is most commonly a proprietary screen recording created by FlashBack Screen Recorder (formerly BB FlashBack) by Blueberry Software. These files store raw screen capture data using GZIP compression, often containing separate tracks for video, system audio, microphone input, and metadata like mouse clicks or keystrokes.
While excellent for editing within the source software, .FBR files pose significant challenges for sharing. They are not standard video files; you cannot upload them directly to YouTube, play them in generic media players like VLC, or view them on mobile devices. They act as locked project files that require the specific FlashBack Player to view. To make the content accessible, users must convert the .FBR file to a standard format.
Recommended Conversion Targets:
For Web & Sharing: Convert to MP4 (H.264). This ensures compatibility with browsers, mobile phones, and streaming platforms.
For Archiving: WMV or AVI are common legacy targets supported by the native exporter.
For Short Demos: Convert specific segments to GIF for easy embedding in documentation.
*Note: A small minority of .FBR files are legacy Flash-based flipbooks created by FlipBuilder. These are essentially ZIP archives containing expired Flash assets.*
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your FBR file.
If you want to convert FBR file to MP4, AVI, PDF, MP3, WMV, MOV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP or OGV, you can use FlashBack Pro or similar software from the "Screen Recording Project" 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 FlashBack Pro or another comparable tool in the "Screen Recording Project" 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.