How to extract text from your VDR file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VDR file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VDR to another file type
To convert your VDR file to another format, you need DVR365 Player or other Data software.
- VDR to MP4
- VDR to AVI
- VDR to MOV
- VDR to WMV
- VDR to FLV
- VDR to WEBM
- VDR to MKV
- VDR to M4V
- VDR to 3GP
- VDR to OGV
- VDR to ASF
- VDR to RM
Convert a file to VDR
To convert other file formats to the "Vehicle Telemetry Log" file type, you need software like DVR365 Player or a similar tool.
- MTS to VDR
- MOV to VDR
- RMVB to VDR
- DIVX to VDR
- RM to VDR
- H264 to VDR
- TS to VDR
- WMV to VDR
- VOB to VDR
- MP4 to VDR
- XVID to VDR
- AVI to VDR
About VDR files
A .VDR file is most commonly a Vehicle Data Recorder log or video file generated by digital tachographs and dashcams, such as those from Stoneridge Electronics or systems adhering to the Chinese GB/T 19056 standard. These files act as a digital "black box," storing critical telemetry like speed, braking inputs, and GPS location, often alongside proprietary CCTV footage. Users typically encounter friction because .VDR files are encrypted binary containers designed for tamper-proof compliance, meaning they cannot be opened in standard viewers like Excel or VLC Media Player. To analyze the accident data or view the footage, the file must be processed using the manufacturer's specific playback software (e.g., DVR365 Player) or forensic tools. For practical use, users convert these logs to CSV or XLSX for spreadsheet analysis, PDF for compliance reporting, or MP4 to share video evidence universally.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VDR file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted CDR, PDF, MP4, PNG, DAT, HAV, IFV and REC1 files.
The VDR 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 VDR converter.