Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your RATDVD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert RATDVD to another file type
To convert your RATDVD file to another format, you need ratDVD or other Video software.
Convert a file to RATDVD
To convert other file formats to the "DVD Archive Format" file type, you need software like ratDVD or a similar tool.
About RATDVD files
A .ratdvd file is a legacy, high-efficiency compressed container designed to shrink a full DVD-9 movie into a smaller file size (often fitting on a single-layer DVD-5) while retaining all original features like menus, multiple audio tracks, subtitles, and camera angles. While technically impressive in the mid-2000s, this format is now a significant headache for digital archivists. It is proprietary and effectively obsolete; the official website is long gone, and modern media players like VLC Media Player do not support it natively. To access the content, the file usually must be "rehydrated" (decompressed) back into standard DVD files (VIDEO_TS folder or VOB files) using the original, now-hard-to-find ratDVD software on an older Windows environment. This decompression process is time-consuming and CPU-intensive. For modern accessibility, the best workflow is to convert the container immediately.
Convert.Guru analyzes your RATDVD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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FAQ
If you want to convert RATDVD file to MP4, ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW, QCOW2, RAW or VBOX, you can use ratDVD or similar software from the "Compressed DVD Video Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to RATDVD, try ratDVD or another comparable tool in the "Compressed DVD Video Container" category.
The RATDVD 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 RATDVD converter.