SETTING Converter

Extract text from DaVinci Resolve macros (SETTING)


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

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

Convert SETTING to another file type

To convert SETTING macros to another format, you need Synology Surveillance Station or other Settings software.

Convert a file to SETTING

To convert other file formats to the "Configuration Backup File" file type, you need software like Synology Surveillance Station or a similar tool.


About SETTING files

The .setting file format serves two main purposes in the software world. Primarily, it is an encrypted configuration file generated by Synology Surveillance Station. System administrators use it to back up camera IP configurations, recording schedules, and user credentials. The critical disadvantage of this format is its strict vendor lock-in and encryption. You cannot open, read, or edit it with a standard text editor. It is practically useless without the original Synology hardware and software. Alternatively, Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve uses .setting files to store Fusion video effect macro presets. While these are essentially plain text or XML-based node graphs, their structure is entirely proprietary. They define complex visual effects that only the Fusion engine can interpret. This makes them impossible to open in standard web browsers or generic video players. Standard online converters fail to process .setting files because they cannot bypass Synology encryption or parse Resolve node trees. This file format is difficult to open or convert because only the original software can properly read or export the data. However, just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible using convert.guru. We can inspect the file and show the internal text content. If our analysis detects a DaVinci Resolve macro, we can extract the text or XML code for you to read or edit. If it is an encrypted Synology backup, we will identify the file headers so you know exactly what you are dealing with.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SETTING file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert SETTING file to , you can use Synology Surveillance Station or similar software from the "Configuration Backup and Macro Presets" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to SETTING, try Synology Surveillance Station or another comparable tool in the "Configuration Backup and Macro Presets" category.



The SETTING 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 SETTING converter.