Extract text from Video and vector files (FMV)
To convert FMV Files to another format, you need Bink Video Player or other Video software.
To convert other file formats to the "Full Motion Video / Cutscene" file type, you need software like Bink Video Player or a similar tool.
The .FMV file extension is highly fragmented and notoriously difficult to handle. It is most commonly used as a proprietary Game Cutscene Video by Traveller's Tales (TT Games) or as a Security Camera Video Recording from Dahua Technology systems. Additionally, it serves as a FrameMaker Vector graphics file in Adobe FrameMaker and as a match recording format in Football Manager by Sports Interactive.
Users frequently encounter severe limitations with this format. Game-related .FMV files often rely on proprietary Bink Video technology or custom wrappers, meaning standard media players like VLC cannot play them natively. Dahua DVR recordings use closed surveillance encoding to prevent legal tampering, making them impossible to open on standard PCs without specific manufacturer software. FrameMaker vectors are completely locked inside Adobe's legacy ecosystem.
To make these files usable, you must convert video variants to standard MP4 or AVI formats, and vector variants to SVG or PDF. However, because these formats are closed and proprietary, standard online converters almost always fail. Usually, only the original software - like the Dahua Smart Player or Adobe FrameMaker - can properly read or export the data. Our system inspects the internal file structure, and if we detect a supported underlying or embedded media stream, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your FMV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted FMW, FMF, MP4, JPG, BK2, ROQ and VP6 files.
If you want to convert FMV file to MP4, SHP, KML, KMZ, GPX, GEOJSON, TOPOJSON, TIF, TIFF, ECW, SID or IMG, you can use Bink Video Player or similar software from the "Proprietary Video or Vector Graphic" 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 FMV, try Bink Video Player or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary Video or Vector Graphic" 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 FMV converter.