W3V Converter

Extract text from Warcraft III replays (W3V)

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Drop or upload your .W3V file

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How to extract text from your W3V file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your W3V file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert W3V to another file type

To convert W3V replays to another format, you need Warcraft III or other Game software.

Convert a file to W3V

To convert other file formats to the "Replay Log" file type, you need software like Warcraft III or a similar tool.

About W3V files

A .w3v file is a proprietary replay recording created by Warcraft III, specifically associated with earlier versions or specific game modes of the RTS classic. Unlike standard video files (like MP4 or AVI), this file does not contain pixel data or audio waveforms. Instead, it stores a lightweight sequential log of game commands - mouse clicks, hotkeys, unit movements, and RNG seeds - that the game engine reconstructs in real-time during playback.

This architecture is a common source of problems for users. You cannot simply double-click a .w3v file to open it in a media player like VLC or upload it directly to YouTube. Furthermore, these files are strictly version-dependent; a replay recorded on patch 1.26 often fails to load on patch 1.29 or the modern Warcraft III: Reforged client, resulting in errors or desynchronization.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Sharing/YouTube: Since direct transcoding is impossible without the game engine, the pragmatic solution is to play the file inside Warcraft III and use screen recording software like OBS Studio to save it as MP4 or MKV.
For Analysis: Competitive players often convert the internal binary data to TXT, JSON, or CSV to analyze Actions Per Minute (APM), build orders, and chat logs without launching the game.

Convert.Guru analyzes your W3V file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted W3P, W3Z and SSS files.

FAQ

If you want to convert W3V file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Warcraft III or similar software from the "Warcraft III Replay" 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 W3V, try Warcraft III or another comparable tool in the "Warcraft III Replay" category.

The W3V 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 W3V converter.