TVDB Converter

Extract text from TV database files (TVDB)


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

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

Convert TVDB to another file type

To convert TVDB databases to another format, you need TV-Browser or other Database software.

Convert a file to TVDB

To convert other file formats to the "Application Database File" file type, you need software like TV-Browser or a similar tool.


About TVDB files

A .tvdb file is primarily an electronic program guide database used by TV-Browser to store television schedules offline. Secondary uses include database files for Apple TV and genealogy data in TreeView by Genealogy Supplies. The main disadvantage of the .tvdb format is its proprietary, closed nature. You cannot open a .tvdb file in standard web browsers or text editors without encountering binary gibberish. Because it is an application-specific database, the data is locked behind specific software interfaces. Standard online converters fail to process it because they lack the required schema parsers. The best conversion targets for extracting this data are CSV, XML, or TXT. Converting to these formats allows you to read the raw schedule or genealogy data, but you will lose the application-specific formatting and functionality. This file format is difficult to open or convert because often only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

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


FAQ

If you want to convert TVDB file to , you can use TV-Browser or similar software from the "TV Guide Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to TVDB, try TV-Browser or another comparable tool in the "TV Guide Data Storage" category.



The TVDB 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 TVDB converter.