Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OTRKEY file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert OTRKEY to another file type
The converter easily converts your OTRKEY file to various formats - free and online. No VLC or extra software needed.
Convert a file to OTRKEY
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Video formats to OTRKEY with high quality output.
About OTRKEY files
An .otrkey file is an encrypted video archive created by OnlineTvRecorder.com (OTR), a cloud-based service for recording TV broadcasts. These files function as secure digital lockboxes: they contain standard video data (typically DivX AVI or H.264 MP4) but are encrypted to ensure only authorized users can view them.
Users typically encounter these files after downloading a recorded TV show from OTR mirrors. The Problem: You cannot open an .otrkey file directly in media players like VLC or Windows Media Player, nor can you convert it using standard video converters. Attempting to do so will result in error messages because the file header is scrambled.
The Solution: You must first decode the file using the OTR Decoder (or EasyDecoder) software. This process validates your OTR account credentials to ensure you have the right to view the recording. Once decoded, the .otrkey file is replaced by a playable video file (usually AVI).
Conversion Goals:
For Playback: Decode to AVI using the official software.
For Mobile/Web: Once decoded, the resulting AVI files are often large and use older codecs. Convert the decoded AVI to MP4 (H.264) or WebP for compatibility with iPhones, Androids, and web streaming.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your OTRKEY file.
If you want to convert OTRKEY file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use OTR Decoder or similar software from the "Encrypted TV Recording" 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 OTRKEY, try OTR Decoder or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted TV Recording" category.
The OTRKEY 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 OTRKEY converter.