VCD Converter

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How to convert your VCD file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VCD file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert VCD to another file type

The converter easily converts your VCD file to various formats - free and online. No Excel or extra software needed.

Convert a file to VCD

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Data formats to VCD with high quality output.

About VCD files

The .VCD extension refers to two distinct but widely used file formats: the Value Change Dump for electronics simulation and the Virtual CD disk image.

1. Value Change Dump (EDA/Simulation)

Generated by digital logic simulators like GHDL and ModelSim, these ASCII text files log voltage changes in circuits over time. While universal, they are text-heavy and uncompressed, resulting in massive file sizes (often gigabytes) that are slow to parse in viewers like GTKWave.

Best Conversion Targets: Convert to .FSDB or VPD (binary formats) for faster loading and reduced size, or to CSV for analysis in spreadsheets.

2. Virtual CD Image (Disk Imaging)

Created by FarStone VirtualDrive, these files mimic a physical CD/DVD drive. The format is often proprietary and difficult to open on modern operating systems like Windows 11 without specific legacy software.

Best Conversion Targets: For archiving and compatibility, convert these disk images to the industry-standard ISO format. If the VCD contains video content, extract the internal DAT video streams and convert them to MP4 or MKV for playback in modern players like VLC media player.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your VCD file.

Users also converted DAT, APP, MP4, VOB, MPEGAV, MPG, BUP, EXE, VCF, FNT, AVI, DVD and D_DRIVE files.

FAQ

If you want to convert VCD file to MP4, USB, DVD, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG or CONF, you can use GTKWave or similar software from the "Digital Logic Simulation Logging" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to VCD, try GTKWave or another comparable tool in the "Digital Logic Simulation Logging" category.

The VCD 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 VCD converter.