Extract text from TV files
To convert your TV file to another format, you need DreamboxEdit or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "DVB Configuration File" file type, you need software like DreamboxEdit or a similar tool.
The .TV file extension most frequently represents a TV Channel Bouquet List generated by Enigma2-based Linux satellite receivers (e.g., Dreambox, VU+). These are text-based configuration files (often named userbouquet.favourites.tv) that define the organization of channel groups. Users often struggle with these files because they are not playable video files themselves; they are merely strict lists of service references that standard media players cannot interpret. To use these channel lists on modern IPTV players, smartphones, or VLC, the best solution is to convert the .TV bouquet file to M3U or M3U8 playlists.
Alternatively, a .TV file may be a MediaPortal recording metadata file (XML-based) or a legacy Paradox Table View settings file. In the case of MediaPortal, the file accompanies a video recording (like TS or .DVR-MS) but contains only descriptions and show data, rendering it useless for playback on its own. For Paradox database users, these files lock view settings inside a proprietary legacy format.
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Convert.Guru analyzes your TV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TTV, MP4, M3U, TVS, MKV, ENIGMA2, GPX and TTP files.
If you want to convert TV file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use DreamboxEdit or similar software from the "TV Channel Bouquet List" 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 TV, try DreamboxEdit or another comparable tool in the "TV Channel Bouquet List" category.
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