PDS Converter

Convert Video or CAD projects (PDS) online for free


Drop or upload your .PDS file
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How to convert your PDS file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PDS file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert PDS to another file type

The converter easily converts your PDS Projects to various formats - free and online. No CyberLink PowerDirector or other Video software needed.

  • PDS to PDF
  • PDS to HRU
  • PDS to TDI
  • PDS to PAT
  • PDS to PDB
  • PDS to VST
  • PDS to TIF
  • PDS to UYVY
  • PDS to GIF
  • PDS to PC1
  • PDS to GRO
  • PDS to WRL

Convert a file to PDS

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


About PDS files

A .PDS file is most commonly a video editing project created by CyberLink PowerDirector or a CAD pattern design file used by Optitex. It can also appear as a well log data file from Schlumberger, an Amazon Kindle e-book metadata file, or a page layout from Broderbund's The Print Shop.

The biggest frustration with .PDS files is that users frequently mistake them for actual media. A PowerDirector project file does not contain any video, audio, or images. It is merely a proprietary XML, JSON, or UTF-16 text file that stores a timeline and file paths pointing to the media on your hard drive. If you email a .PDS file to a colleague without the raw media, they will see a "Media Offline" error. Similarly, Optitex CAD files are proprietary and locked to specific software ecosystems, making them difficult to share with manufacturers using AutoCAD or Gerber.

To share these files effectively, you must convert or export them. For video, you must open the project in PowerDirector and render it to MP4 or MKV for web playback and archiving. For CAD patterns, export the file from Optitex to a universal DXF or .AAMA format to preserve vector measurements. For Print Shop layouts, printing to PDF is the only reliable archiving method. Drag and drop your file here to analyze its internal structure, view raw XML/JSON metadata, and convert supported formats securely right in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PDS file.

Users also converted PSD, DC000000, PDT, PDF, DC000001, CR000001, CR000002, PDSREPLAYER, 00000000, EXE, JPG, XLSX and RUL files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PDS file to MP4, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF or DAT, you can use CyberLink PowerDirector or similar software from the "Video Editing Project File" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PDS, try CyberLink PowerDirector or another comparable tool in the "Video Editing Project File" category.



The PDS 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 PDS converter.