Extract text from motion photos (RLV)
To convert RLV files to another format, you need DJI GO 4 or other Video software.
To convert other file formats to the "Motion Photo & Drone Cache" file type, you need software like DJI GO 4 or a similar tool.
The .RLV file format typically serves one of several distinct, mostly proprietary functions. Primarily, it stores a Google Motion Photo video fragment inside a JFIF image container, or it holds a low-resolution cached DJI Drone Live View video generated by the DJI GO 4 app. Less commonly, .RLV files contain UTF-16 (LE) data readouts from Sontex heat cost allocators, log files from ABACOM RealView, or specialized cycling simulation videos for Tacx indoor trainers.
These files are notoriously frustrating to handle. For DJI drone pilots, .RLV files are just temporary video caches dumped onto a smartphone. They are highly compressed, lack the full 4K resolution recorded by the drone's SD card, and are not natively recognized by standard desktop media players. For Google and Ricoh camera users, the motion video is embedded deep within standard image structures, requiring specialized apps to split the animation from the still photo.
Because .RLV files use non-standard extensions to hide underlying data streams (like H.264 video or raw text), standard online converters fail to process them. Converting an .RLV video cache to standard MP4 or AVI, or extracting the JPG frame, is the only way to share these files easily across devices. Remember that converting a DJI drone cache will not restore the missing high-definition data - it only makes the low-resolution preview playable.
Since this file format is difficult to open or convert due to its multiple conflicting uses, identifying the exact sub-type is critical. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format like an MP4 video stream or UTF-16 text data, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your RLV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert RLV file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use DJI GO 4 or similar software from the "Live View Cached Video" 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 RLV, try DJI GO 4 or another comparable tool in the "Live View Cached Video" category.
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