Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VDO file.
You'll see a preview.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.
Convert VDO to another file type
The converter easily converts your VDO Videos to various formats - free and online. No Microsoft Visio or other Video software needed.
VDO to WMV
VDO to MLP
VDO to IRCAM
VDO to APTX
VDO to OGV
VDO to M4V
VDO to SOX
VDO to WEBP
VDO to H264
VDO to WAV
VDO to PCM
VDO to MKV
Convert a file to VDO
To convert other file formats to the "Security DVR Video / Web Object" file type, you need software like Microsoft Visio or a similar tool.
About VDO files
The .vdo extension is highly fragmented, acting primarily as either a Visio Drawing Web Object exported by Microsoft Visio or as a proprietary Security Camera Video Recording generated by Seyeon FlexWATCH DVR systems. Historically, it was also used by the obsolete VDOLive Player for early internet video streaming.
This extreme fragmentation makes the .vdo file incredibly frustrating to handle in modern workflows. If the file is a CCTV or DVR video, it uses a closed, proprietary codec that lacks standard metadata. You cannot simply open it in universal media players like VLC without running into decoding errors. If the file is a Visio web object, it relies on legacy web publishing parameters that modern browsers block or render incorrectly. Furthermore, older VDOLive files are functionally dead without software from the 1990s.
To restore usability, conversion is mandatory. For security camera footage, convert the file to MP4 or AVI to ensure playback on modern devices and operating systems. If it is a Visio web object, converting it to a PDF or a standard SVG vector format is required for cross-platform sharing. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser - free, online, and without installing sketchy third-party media players.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your VDO file.
If you want to convert VDO file to EXE, MSI, APP, DMG, DEB, RPM, PKG, RUN, SH, BAT, CMD or COM, you can use Microsoft Visio or similar software from the "Proprietary Video or Visio Object" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert JAR, APP, SCR, IPA, COM, AAB, PS1, DMG, VBS, EXE, XAPK or MSI files to VDO, try Microsoft Visio or another comparable tool in the "Proprietary Video or Visio Object" category.
The VDO 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 VDO converter.