WDC Converter

Extract text from WDC files


Drop or upload your .WDC file

How to extract text from your WDC file

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

Convert WDC to another file type

To convert your WDC file to another format, you need Wondershare DVD Creator or other Video software.

Convert a file to WDC

To convert other file formats to the "Authoring Project File" file type, you need software like Wondershare DVD Creator or a similar tool.


About WDC files

The .wdc extension is a classic example of a "container vs. content" misunderstanding. Most commonly, it is a project file created by Wondershare DVD Creator or DemoCreator. Unlike a standalone video file (like MP4 or MOV), a .wdc file contains no actual video footage. Instead, it is often a small XML-based instruction list that points to images, videos, and audio tracks stored elsewhere on your computer, along with menu designs and timeline settings.

This architecture creates a significant drawback: if you move the .wdc file to another computer or delete the original source media, the project breaks and will not open. You cannot play a .wdc file in VLC Media Player or upload it to YouTube. To make the content usable, you must open the project in the original Wondershare software and "Export" or "Burn" it to a standard format. For DVD projects, converting to ISO or a Video_TS folder is ideal for archiving. For screen recordings, exporting to MP4 ensures web compatibility.

Less frequently, a .wdc file might be a compiled class file used by WINDEV for software development, or a cached document file generated by Cisco WebEx. These formats are strictly proprietary; a WINDEV file is compiled code unreadable by humans, and a WebEx cache file is generally useless without the associated session context.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert WDC file to DB, SQLITE, SQLITE3, MDB, ACCDB, DBF, ODB, FDB, GDB, MYD, FRM or SQL, you can use Wondershare DVD Creator or similar software from the "DVD Authoring Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert NDF, SQLITE3, BAK, RDB, SQL, DB4, MDF, MDB, LDF, DB, DB3 or SQLITE files to WDC, try Wondershare DVD Creator or another comparable tool in the "DVD Authoring Project" category.



The WDC 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 WDC converter.