Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VRL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VRL to another file type
To convert VRL logs to another format, you need Vemco VUE or other Data software.
Convert a file to VRL
To convert other file formats to the "Acoustic Receiver Data" file type, you need software like Vemco VUE or a similar tool.
About VRL files
A .VRL file is primarily an acoustic receiver data log file created by underwater tracking receivers manufactured by Innovasea (formerly Vemco). Researchers use these files to store telemetry data, such as sensor readings and fish tag detections in marine environments. You can open and manage these files using specific proprietary software like Vemco VUE or VRLLogViewer. A minor percentage of .VRL files are legacy Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) files (more commonly WRL), used for early 3D web graphics. Users need to convert .VRL files because the format is strictly proprietary. You cannot open it natively in standard web browsers or generic data analysis tools. Relying on specialized software limits collaboration and forces researchers to use isolated ecosystems. The best target formats are CSV or TXT for data analysis in Microsoft Excel or R, and PDF for reporting. Converting to plain text may lose proprietary binary structures but makes the raw data universally accessible. This file format is difficult to open or convert because it is a closed, proprietary binary format. Often only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru can still identify the file format, inspect the file, and show text or internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VRL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VRL file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Vemco VUE or similar software from the "Acoustic Telemetry Data Log" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to VRL, try Vemco VUE or another comparable tool in the "Acoustic Telemetry Data Log" category.
The VRL 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 VRL converter.