QTCH Converter

Extract text from QuickTime cache files (QTCH)


Drop or upload your .QTCH file
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How to extract text from your QTCH file

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

Convert QTCH to another file type

To convert QTCH cache files to another format, you need QuickTime Player or other Data software.

Convert a file to QTCH

To convert other file formats to the "Cache File" file type, you need software like QuickTime Player or a similar tool.


About QTCH files

The .QTCH file is a proprietary media cache file created by Apple QuickTime Player to temporarily store streaming video and audio data. It allows users to scrub through pre-loaded segments of online media without re-downloading the entire file. However, this format is heavily disadvantaged for standard use. It is a fragmented, temporary container that lacks standard media headers, meaning you cannot open a .QTCH file directly in modern media players, video editors, or web browsers. Furthermore, the file can grow to several gigabytes and become dead weight on your hard drive once the stream is closed. Users typically need to convert this file when attempting to recover lost or streamed video footage that is no longer available online. For standard playback and web use, you must extract the underlying data and convert it to an MP4 or MOV file. If you only need the audio track, converting to MP3 or AAC is the most practical route. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser with convert.guru, bypassing the need for complex recovery software.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert QTCH file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use QuickTime Player or similar software from the "Media Streaming Cache" 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 QTCH, try QuickTime Player or another comparable tool in the "Media Streaming Cache" category.



The QTCH 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 QTCH converter.