Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SVI file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SVI to another file type
To convert your SVI file to another format, you need SVL Injector or other Video software.
Convert a file to SVI
To convert other file formats to the "Portable Media & Tunneling Config" file type, you need software like SVL Injector or a similar tool.
About SVI files
The .SVI extension is a duality in the digital world, serving two completely unrelated purposes that often confuse users.
SVL Injector Configuration: Statistically, most modern .SVI files are encrypted configuration files for SVL Injector, an Android SSH/SSL tunneling app used to bypass internet restrictions. These files contain server credentials, payloads, and proxy settings. The primary difficulty is that these files are locked/encrypted by the creator to prevent users from viewing or editing the settings. They are designed strictly for importing, not opening. Trying to open them in a text editor usually results in gibberish.
Samsung Video Format: For users with older portable media players (like the Samsung YP-P2 or YP-P3), the .SVI file is a proprietary video format. It is essentially a modified Audio Video Interleave (AVI) container with a custom header and specific pixel mapping designed for small, low-resolution screens. The major disadvantage is that standard players like VLC Media Player often fail to recognize the header, and modern video editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro cannot import them directly.
Best Conversion Targets:
For Video Users: Convert to MP4 (H.264) or MKV. This makes the footage playable on smartphones, TVs, and modern PCs without quality loss.
For Config Users: There is no standard converter to TXT due to encryption. However, if the file is an older unencrypted version, opening it as a text file may reveal the payload.
For Archiving: Convert video streams to H.265 (HEVC) to save space while preserving the original low-res content.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SVI file.
If you want to convert SVI file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use SVL Injector or similar software from the "VPN Config & Portable Video" 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 SVI, try SVL Injector or another comparable tool in the "VPN Config & Portable Video" category.
The SVI 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 SVI converter.