Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VMV file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VMV to another file type
To convert VMV recordings to another format, you need VirtuaNES or other Game software.
Convert a file to VMV
To convert other file formats to the "Emulator Input Recording" file type, you need software like VirtuaNES or a similar tool.
About VMV files
A .VMV file is an emulator gameplay recording created primarily by VirtuaNES or VisualBoyAdvance. Despite the term 'recording', it does not contain actual video or audio data. Instead, it stores a raw sequence of controller inputs (button presses) and exact frame timing synchronized with a specific game ROM. You must open these files using the original emulator alongside the exact ROM file used during the original recording session. The primary disadvantage of the .VMV format is its complete dependency on external software and copyrighted ROMs. Because .VMV files only store keystrokes, they are proprietary and useless on their own. They cannot be played in standard media players like VLC, and they cannot be uploaded directly to YouTube or social media. If the game ROM version differs even slightly from the original, the replay sequence will permanently desync and fail. Users typically want to convert .VMV files into standard video formats like .MP4, .AVI, or .MKV for sharing. However, standard online video converters fail because converting this file requires processing the game ROM and rendering the inputs into pixels in real-time. This file format is difficult to open or convert directly. Drag and drop your file to see what it is and convert it if supported. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show internal text or content to help you determine the exact emulator version used. To successfully get a video out of a .VMV, you must play the file in your emulator and use its internal 'Export to AVI' tool, or capture the screen using OBS Studio.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VMV file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VMV file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use VirtuaNES or similar software from the "Emulator Gameplay Replay Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to VMV, try VirtuaNES or another comparable tool in the "Emulator Gameplay Replay Data" category.
The VMV 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 VMV converter.