WP3 Converter

Extract text from WP3 files


Drop or upload your .WP3 file
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How to extract text from your WP3 file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your WP3 file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert WP3 to another file type

To convert your WP3 file to another format, you need Microsoft Photo Story or other Video software.

  • WP3 to MP4
  • WP3 to AVI
  • WP3 to MOV
  • WP3 to WMV
  • WP3 to FLV
  • WP3 to WEBM
  • WP3 to MKV
  • WP3 to M4V
  • WP3 to 3GP
  • WP3 to OGV
  • WP3 to ASF
  • WP3 to RM

Convert a file to WP3

To convert other file formats to the "Slideshow Project File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Photo Story or a similar tool.

  • MTS to WP3
  • MOV to WP3
  • RMVB to WP3
  • DIVX to WP3
  • RM to WP3
  • H264 to WP3
  • TS to WP3
  • WMV to WP3
  • VOB to WP3
  • MP4 to WP3
  • XVID to WP3
  • AVI to WP3

About WP3 files

A .WP3 file is not a playable video; it is a proprietary project file created by Microsoft Photo Story. Think of it as the 'recipe' rather than the 'meal.' It contains the instructions for your slideshow - timeline data, transition settings, text captions, and 'Ken Burns' motion path coordinates - saved in a Microsoft Cabinet (CAB) container.

Why You Can't Play It

Users often attempt to upload .WP3 files to YouTube or open them in VLC Media Player, only to face errors. This is because the file typically references images and audio stored elsewhere on your computer's hard drive (e.g., C:\My Pictures\Summer2005.jpg). If you move the original photos or transfer the .WP3 file to another PC, the project breaks. Furthermore, Microsoft Photo Story 3 was retired years ago, making it difficult to run on Windows 10 or 11 without specific legacy components (like Windows Media Player 10 SDK).

The Conversion Workflow

Since no third-party tool can render the proprietary transition effects inside a .WP3 file, you cannot convert it directly online. You must use the original software as a bridge:
1. Recover: Install a working version of Microsoft Photo Story (often available on archive sites).
2. Export: Open the .WP3 project and choose 'Save your story for playback on your computer.' This renders the timeline into a WMV (Windows Media Video) file.
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Convert.Guru analyzes your WP3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted WMV, WEBP, VP3, MP4, SDOCX, WP2, ISI and DBT files.



The WP3 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 WP3 converter.