PNS Converter

Extract text from Panasonic media files (PNS)

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Drop or upload your .PNS file

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How to extract text from your PNS file

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

Convert PNS to another file type

To convert PNS media files to another format, you need Panasonic Security Viewer or other Video software.

Convert a file to PNS

To convert other file formats to the "Surveillance Recording" file type, you need software like Panasonic Security Viewer or a similar tool.

About PNS files

The .PNS extension primarily serves two distinct, incompatible purposes: a proprietary surveillance video recording generated by Panasonic Network Cameras/Recorders (and legacy Pelco systems), or a PNG Stereo Image used for 3D visualizations.

1. Panasonic/Pelco Surveillance Video:
These files are raw, uncompressed, or strictly encoded video streams saved directly from network video recorders (NVRs).

The Problem: They are designed for security integrity, not compatibility. You cannot open them in standard players like VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player. They often require the specific proprietary viewer (e.g., DX8100 Export Viewer) or the original NVR hardware to playback.
The Solution: For legal or archiving purposes, these must be converted to MP4 or AVI. Since direct converters are rare due to the proprietary codec, the most reliable workflow is often using the manufacturer's export tool to "re-export" as AVI, or using a screen recorder while playing the footage in its native viewer.

2. PNG Stereo Image:
Popularized by NVIDIA 3D Vision, this format contains two PNG images side-by-side (left and right eye) to create a stereoscopic 3D effect.

The Problem: Standard image viewers see this as a single wide image or fail to open it entirely. You cannot easily upload them to social media or view them on mobile devices without 3D hardware.
The Solution: Convert these to standard JPG or PNG for 2D viewing, or to JPS (JPEG Stereo) for wider 3D compatibility. For standard viewing, you simply split the image or keep just one "eye" view.

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

Users also converted PSD, PNG, PNR, PNU and DDB files.

FAQ

If you want to convert PNS file to JPG, PDF, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, ICO, CUR, PSD or PSB, you can use Panasonic Security Viewer or similar software from the "Surveillance 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 PNS, try Panasonic Security Viewer or another comparable tool in the "Surveillance Video Recording" category.

The PNS 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 PNS converter.