Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IVR file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert IVR to another file type
The converter easily converts your IVR file to various formats - free and online. No Photoshop or extra software needed.
IVR to MP4
IVR to GIF
IVR to WEBP
Convert a file to IVR
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to IVR with high quality output.
About IVR files
The .IVR extension is primarily associated with Internet Video Recording files created by RealPlayer. Introduced in RealPlayer 11, this format is generated when a user utilizes the software's "Download This Video" or "Record" feature to capture streaming content from the web.
Because .IVR is a proprietary container designed specifically for the RealNetworks ecosystem, it presents significant playback challenges today. These files are effectively "locked" inside the RealPlayer environment; standard media players like VLC or Windows Media Player often cannot open them without specific, outdated codecs. Users frequently encounter these files when recovering old backups of recorded streams, only to find them unplayable on modern smartphones or smart TVs.
Best Conversion Targets:
For Universal Playback: Convert to MP4 (H.264/AAC). This ensures the video will play on any device, browser, or editor.
For Archiving: Convert to MKV if you wish to preserve potential multiple audio tracks or subtitles, though MP4 is usually sufficient for web rips.
For Editing: Convert to MOV (ProRes) or AVI if you plan to edit the footage in software like Adobe Premiere Pro, which likely drops support for legacy RealMedia formats.
*Note: A small percentage of .ivr files may be VRML panoramic scenes used by Bentley Systems MicroStation. These are 3D engineering files, not video.*
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your IVR file.
If you want to convert IVR file to JPG, PDF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TIF, ICO, CUR or PSD, you can use RealPlayer or similar software from the "Internet Video Recording" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to IVR, try RealPlayer or another comparable tool in the "Internet Video Recording" category.
The IVR 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 IVR converter.