Extract text from GVI files
To convert your GVI file to another format, you need LabVIEW or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Visual Programming File" file type, you need software like LabVIEW or a similar tool.
The .GVI extension creates a unique challenge because it serves two completely different masters: engineering automation and legacy web video.
Most commonly, a .GVI file is a LabVIEW Virtual Instrument, the standard file format for National Instruments graphical programming software. These files contain the visual source code (block diagrams) and front panel interfaces used in test, measurement, and control systems. The main issue here is the proprietary lock-in: opening a LabVIEW .GVI requires the specific version of the expensive LabVIEW development environment installed. You cannot simply open these in a text editor like other code. For documentation or sharing with non-engineers, the best workflow is converting the diagrams to PDF or capturing the front panel as high-resolution PNG images.
Alternatively, users digging through digital archives often encounter .GVI files from the defunct Google Video service (active before YouTube's dominance). These are essentially modified Audio Video Interleave (AVI) containers. While they hold standard video streams, the custom extension and headers often confuse modern media players and smart TVs, resulting in "Format Not Supported" errors. To make these playable again, the standard solution is converting them to widely supported MP4 (H.264) or MKV formats.
*Note: A third, strictly regulated variant exists as encrypted capsule endoscopy video from Medtronic (formerly Given Imaging). Due to HIPAA and proprietary encryption, these files generally cannot be converted by consumer tools.*
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If you want to convert GVI file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use LabVIEW or similar software from the "Graphical Source Code / Video" 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 GVI, try LabVIEW or another comparable tool in the "Graphical Source Code / Video" 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 GVI converter.