dv
Digital Video
The tape camcorder format of the MiniDV era, captured over FireWire. Standard definition and large for its length.
Convert DV to 3GP
Free, no account, no watermark. Converted on our servers, then deleted.
Drop a DV file here
As many as you like. We will show you what they convert to.
How to convert DV to 3GP
- 1
Choose your file
Drop a DV file onto the converter, or pick one from your device. You can add several at once.
- 2
Select 3GP
Pick 3GP as the output format. Open Settings if you want to control the video codec, the quality or bitrate, and how long to spend, and 12 more.
- 3
Download the result
Convert and download the finished file. No account, and nothing to install.
3gp
3GPP Multimedia
A cut-down MP4 variant from the early mobile era, still produced by some low-end handsets.
DV to 3GP, asked and answered
Does converting DV to 3GP lose quality?
Yes. DV has already discarded some detail and 3GP discards more, because re-encoding starts from what survived the first pass rather than from the original.
Can I convert the 3GP back to DV?
Not here. We can read 3GP but no engine of ours writes DV, so this conversion only goes one way.
What can I change about the 3GP it produces?
You can set the video codec, the quality or bitrate, how long to spend, ten-bit colour, the resolution, an exact width, how it fits, the frame rate, which way to turn it, whether to mirror it, where it starts and stops, the audio codec, the audio bitrate, the sample rate, and mono or stereo. Anything left on Auto is decided by the encoder, which is usually the right answer unless you are targeting a specific size or device.
Where does the conversion happen?
On our server. The file is sent over HTTPS and converted in a sandbox with no network access of its own; your input and the result go together, removed at once if it fails and otherwise kept for a few minutes so you can download them, then deleted — whether or not you did. There are no accounts for anything to be kept against.
Is there a limit on file size?
Yes — there is a per-file cap and an hourly job limit, because this runs on one small server. The API page states the limits currently in force rather than a number baked into this page.