Convert StarDraw files and videos (SGV) online for free
The converter easily converts your SGV files to various formats - free and online. No Apache OpenOffice or or other Vector Image software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Drawing File" file type, you need software like Apache OpenOffice or a similar tool.
The .SGV file extension contains either a legacy StarOffice StarDraw Image or a proprietary Self-Guard Security Camera Video. As a graphic, it stores 2D vector coordinates and shapes generated by early versions of the StarOffice productivity suite. As a video, it contains raw multiplexed surveillance footage, often encoded with an undocumented H.264 variant used strictly by specific DVR hardware manufacturers.
Users need to convert .SGV files because they are practically useless in modern workflows. The vector graphic version is obsolete, unsupported by web browsers like Google Chrome, and blocked by modern design tools. The video version is heavily restricted; it requires a specialized DVR player and lacks the standard container headers required by Windows Media Player or Apple QuickTime.
For graphics, you must export the file to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to maintain mathematical scaling, or to PDF for document sharing. Converting to raster formats like PNG will result in a loss of infinite scalability. For surveillance video, converting to an MP4 container with standard H.264 encoding is the only way to share footage with third parties, though proprietary multi-channel timestamps might be lost during the transcode.
This file format is exceptionally difficult to open or convert. Both the graphics and video variations use closed, proprietary data structures. Often, only the original surveillance software or an installation of Apache OpenOffice can properly read or export the data. Standard online converters fail because they lack these niche legacy codecs. However, convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SGV file.
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If you want to convert SGV file to , you can use Apache OpenOffice or similar software from the "Vector Graphics or Surveillance Video" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to SGV, try Apache OpenOffice or another comparable tool in the "Vector Graphics or Surveillance Video" category.
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 SGV converter.