TPD Converter

Extract text from TPD files


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

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

Convert TPD to another file type

To convert your TPD file to another format, you need TreePad or other Database software.

  • TPD to MT
  • TPD to BPD
  • TPD to MP4
  • TPD to AVI
  • TPD to MOV
  • TPD to WMV
  • TPD to FLV
  • TPD to WEBM
  • TPD to MKV
  • TPD to M4V
  • TPD to 3GP
  • TPD to OGV

Convert a file to TPD

To convert other file formats to the "Personal Information Manager" file type, you need software like TreePad or a similar tool.

  • MTS to TPD
  • MOV to TPD
  • RMVB to TPD
  • DIVX to TPD
  • RM to TPD
  • H264 to TPD
  • TS to TPD
  • WMV to TPD
  • VOB to TPD
  • MP4 to TPD
  • XVID to TPD
  • AVI to TPD

About TPD files

The .TPD file extension is a notorious source of confusion because it is shared by three completely different software ecosystems, each creating mutually incompatible files.

  1. TreePad Database: Historically, this is the most common "convertible" format. It is a hierarchical Personal Information Manager (PIM) database created by TreePad. These files contain structured notes, images, and rich text. The Problem: TreePad is legacy software. Opening these files on modern Windows 11, macOS, or mobile devices is difficult, and the proprietary format locks your personal data inside an obsolete container.
  2. Grass Valley EDIUS Preset: In professional video editing, .TPD files store user effect presets for EDIUS. The Friction: These are small binary configuration files, not actual video footage. You cannot "play" them in VLC Media Player or convert them to MP4; they only function when imported back into the EDIUS effects library.
  3. Veeam Backup Temp File: Users of Veeam Backup & Replication often encounter large .TPD files. These are temporary deduplication or data caches. The Constraint: They are useless on their own and cannot be restored without the full backup chain.

For TreePad users, the goal is typically data liberation: converting the proprietary database into PDF for archiving, or HTML/RTF for migrating to modern tools like Evernote or Notion. For EDIUS users, the file is strictly for settings transfer.

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

Users also converted TRD, LUT, XLSX, PNG, EZP, GPX, LCP, MT and BPD files.



The TPD 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 TPD converter.