Convert VivoActive videos (VIVO) online for free
The converter easily converts your VIVO videos to various formats - free and online. No RealPlayer or or other Video software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "VivoActive Streaming Video" file type, you need software like RealPlayer or a similar tool.
The .VIVO file format contains legacy streaming video and audio data compressed for early internet delivery. Developed by Vivo Software in the mid-1990s, it relied heavily on the H.263 video codec and G.723 audio codec to squeeze media through slow 28.8k dial-up connections. Vivo Software was subsequently acquired by RealNetworks, which absorbed the technology into the RealPlayer ecosystem. You can read more about early streaming formats on Wikipedia.
Handling a .VIVO file today is a deeply frustrating experience. The format is completely obsolete. Modern web browsers dropped support for the required VivoActive Player plugin decades ago due to security vulnerabilities in the old NPAPI architecture. Standard modern devices, iPhones, Androids, and even most desktop media players cannot decode this proprietary stream natively. Attempting to play it usually requires compiling custom builds of command-line tools like FFmpeg or hunting down dangerous, virus-ridden legacy software installers.
To make these videos usable again, you must convert them. Convert to MP4 to guarantee playback on modern web browsers and mobile devices. For long-term archiving without further compression, convert to MKV. Drag and drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser - free, online, and without installing ancient software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your VIVO file.
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If you want to convert VIVO file to , you can use RealPlayer or similar software from the "Legacy Streaming Video" 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 VIVO, try RealPlayer or another comparable tool in the "Legacy Streaming Video" category.
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 VIVO converter.