How to convert your MVC file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MVC file.
- You'll see a preview.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert MVC to another file type
The converter easily converts your MVC file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
- MVC to SBS
- MVC to MP4
- MVC to AVI
- MVC to MOV
- MVC to WMV
- MVC to FLV
- MVC to WEBM
- MVC to MKV
- MVC to M4V
- MVC to 3GP
- MVC to OGV
- MVC to ASF
Convert a file to MVC
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Database formats to MVC with high quality output.
- MTS to MVC
- MOV to MVC
- RMVB to MVC
- DIVX to MVC
- RM to MVC
- H264 to MVC
- TS to MVC
- WMV to MVC
- VOB to MVC
- MP4 to MVC
- XVID to MVC
- AVI to MVC
About MVC files
The .mvc extension is a classic example of a "filename collision," where three completely different file types share the same suffix.
- Collectorz.com Movie Database: For most home users, an .MVC file is a proprietary database created by Collectorz.com Movie Collector. These files store detailed inventories of DVD, Blu-ray, and VHS collections. The file is a locked, proprietary container, which makes it impossible to open in Excel or Google Sheets directly. Users typically need to convert these to CSV or XML to migrate their data or print simple lists.
- Web-Generated PDF (Mislabeled): A significant portion (approx. 25%) of .mvc files are actually standard PDF documents. This occurs when a web application (built on frameworks like ASP.NET MVC) generates a dynamic report but fails to enforce the correct PDF extension during download. The browser simply saves the URL suffix (e.g.,
download.mvc) as the filename. These files are perfectly valid PDFs disguised by the wrong extension. - Miva Merchant Script: In e-commerce server environments, .mvc files are compiled scripts used by the Miva Merchant platform. These are binary files (byte-compiled from mv source files) used to execute store logic. They are not meant to be opened or edited manually and are generally useless outside a Miva server environment.
Recommendation:
- For Movie Lists: Use Movie Collector's internal export tool to save as CSV for spreadsheet editing.
- For Documents: Rename the file extension from .mvc to pdf and try opening it in Adobe Acrobat.
- For Developers: These files cannot be converted back to source code easily; locate the original mv source file instead.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your MVC file.
Users also converted MKV, JPG, M2TS, MP4, TP, VRO, MPL and SBS files.
The MVC 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 MVC converter.