PDRPROJ Converter

Extract text from PowerDirector projects (PDRPROJ)

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How to extract text from your PDRPROJ file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PDRPROJ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert PDRPROJ to another file type

To convert PDRPROJ projects to another format, you need CyberLink PowerDirector or other Video software.

Convert a file to PDRPROJ

To convert other file formats to the "NLE Project File" file type, you need software like CyberLink PowerDirector or a similar tool.

About PDRPROJ files

The .PDRPROJ file is a mobile video editing project created by CyberLink PowerDirector, specifically for Android and iOS devices. Unlike a standard video file (like MP4 or MOV), this file does not contain actual video or audio footage. Instead, it is a text-based JSON document that acts as a set of instructions - pointing to the storage locations of your source clips on your mobile device and recording edit decisions (cuts, transitions, effects, and timeline layers).

Users commonly struggle with issues with .PDRPROJ files when attempting to share a video or move a project to a desktop. Because the file contains only relative paths and metadata, simply copying the .PDRPROJ file to a computer or sending it to a friend will result in a "Media Not Found" error, as the source assets are left behind. Furthermore, the format is proprietary to the CyberLink ecosystem; standard players like VLC Media Player cannot interpret the JSON data to play a video.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Sharing/Playback: You must open the project in the PowerDirector mobile app and "Produce" (export) it to MP4 (H.264/HEVC) or MKV. This "bakes" the edits into a standalone video file.
For Desktop Editing: To continue editing on a PC, you cannot just convert the file; you must use the "Export to CyberLink Cloud" feature within the app to bundle the source assets and the project structure into a package readable by PowerDirector 365 for Windows/macOS.

Convert.Guru analyzes your PDRPROJ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PRPROJ, PDS, PLAYLIST and DWZ files.

FAQ

If you want to convert PDRPROJ file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use CyberLink PowerDirector or similar software from the "Mobile Video Editing Project" 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 PDRPROJ, try CyberLink PowerDirector or another comparable tool in the "Mobile Video Editing Project" category.

The PDRPROJ 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 PDRPROJ converter.