DVF stands for Digital Voice File. It's a Sony proprietary audio format for compressed voice files; commonly used by Sony's IC digital voice recorders, such as the ICD-BP100 and ICD-BP150. To play, decode, or convert DVF files, it's necessary to install Sony Player Plug-in.
WAV MP3 Converter converts DVF to MP3. The software is an ALL-IN-ONE audio converter that supports more than 150 audio and video files.
WAV MP3 Converter supports batch conversion and is full compatible with Vista and Windows 7.
Sony Video Converter Freeware is the best software for converts almost all PC video files (support most popular video formats including AVI, IVF, DIV, DIVX.
- Free Download Sony Player Plug-in and then install it by instructions (may need to restart Windows)
- Free Download WAV MP3 Converter and then install the software by step-by-step instructions
- Launch WAV MP3 Converter
- Enable option 'Use DirectShow to decode files'
Click on 'Options'.
Switch to tab 'Audio Options' -> 'Decoding', and then check 'Use DirectShow to decode files', and then click on 'OK'. - Choose DVF Files
- Choose 'to MP3'
- Convert DVF to MP3
Click 'Convert' to convert DVF files to MP3 format.
The software is converting DVF files to MP3 format. - Play & Browse
- Done
Click 'Add Files' button to choose DVF files and add them to conversion list.
Choose one or more DVF files you want to convert and then click Open.
Right-click converted item and choose 'Play Destination' to play the destination file, choose 'Browse Destination Folder' to open Windows Explorer to browse the destination file.
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What is MP3?
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard encoding for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players. MP3's use of a lossy compression algorithm is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners, but is not considered high fidelity audio by audiophiles. An MP3 file that is created using the mid-range bit rate setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file that is typically about 1/10th the size of the CD file created from the original audio source. An MP3 file can also be constructed at higher or lower bit rates, with higher or lower resulting quality. The compression works by reducing accuracy of certain parts of sound that are deemed beyond the auditory resolution ability of most people. This method is commonly referred to as perceptual coding. It internally provides a representation of sound within a short term time/frequency analysis window, by using psychoacoustic models to discard or reduce precision of components less audible to human hearing, and recording the remaining information in an efficient manner. This is relatively similar to the principles used by JPEG, an image compression format.
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage, as well as a de facto standard encoding for the transfer and playback of music on digital audio players. MP3's use of a lossy compression algorithm is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio for most listeners, but is not considered high fidelity audio by audiophiles. An MP3 file that is created using the mid-range bit rate setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file that is typically about 1/10th the size of the CD file created from the original audio source. An MP3 file can also be constructed at higher or lower bit rates, with higher or lower resulting quality. The compression works by reducing accuracy of certain parts of sound that are deemed beyond the auditory resolution ability of most people. This method is commonly referred to as perceptual coding. It internally provides a representation of sound within a short term time/frequency analysis window, by using psychoacoustic models to discard or reduce precision of components less audible to human hearing, and recording the remaining information in an efficient manner. This is relatively similar to the principles used by JPEG, an image compression format.
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As I am exploring my MacBook, I realised that it has a few flaws especially when I have been a PC user for the past 2 decades.
Firstly, what is a “DVF” file?
The DVF file extension is a compressed audio file format used by Sony’s IC digital audio recorders. DVF stands for digital voice file, and it was initially designed by Sony as a proprietary files extension for their ICD voice recorders, which are hand-held voice recorder that can download their files directly to a Windows-based PC.
Unfortunately, such “.dvf” files could not be read in a Mac by using a normal MP3 player. In PC, you could be using the Windows Media Player and in Mac, it would be iTunes. Even in a PC, you need to install their specific Sony Digital Voice Recorded & Editor software to be able to read the file.
The voice recorder (as shown above) which my company is using is OLD. I think it was purchased back in 2001 or 2003. So even to find the latest software to be installed in a newer machine can be a pain in the arse. But today, we are not going to discuss that. Today, we are going to find a solution to read this file in a Mac.
Possible solution [A]
The first alternative that came to mind is to download the Sony Digital Voice Player into Mac. This software is available on the internet BUT it does not work for a Mac. The software has an “.exe” extension, i.e. software application for a Windows-based PC. A Mac software application would need to be a “.dmg”. Hence, solution [A] failed.
The first alternative that came to mind is to download the Sony Digital Voice Player into Mac. This software is available on the internet BUT it does not work for a Mac. The software has an “.exe” extension, i.e. software application for a Windows-based PC. A Mac software application would need to be a “.dmg”. Hence, solution [A] failed.
Possible solution [B]
To download DVF file converters to convert these type of files into MP3 or WAV in Mac. I downloaded both Switch Sound File Converter and Express Scribe. There were no hiccups in the installation of these applications onto Mac, however, when I tried to open my DVF files from these software, in an attempt to convert them to MP3, I was not even allowed to select them. So, solution [B] failed too.
To download DVF file converters to convert these type of files into MP3 or WAV in Mac. I downloaded both Switch Sound File Converter and Express Scribe. There were no hiccups in the installation of these applications onto Mac, however, when I tried to open my DVF files from these software, in an attempt to convert them to MP3, I was not even allowed to select them. So, solution [B] failed too.
Possible solution [C]
This solution is less perfect but it works. The imperfect part is that, you need to have a Windows-based PC as an “assistant”. It is similar to solution [B]. I downloaded Switch Sound File Converter from Softonic [http://www.switch.en.softonic.com].
This solution is less perfect but it works. The imperfect part is that, you need to have a Windows-based PC as an “assistant”. It is similar to solution [B]. I downloaded Switch Sound File Converter from Softonic [http://www.switch.en.softonic.com].
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After downloading, follow the instructions to install the software. The software looks like this:
The instructions to convert a file is fairly simple. However, the first time I tried, it failed. It says that I needed to install a Sony Player Plug-in for WMP. And so I did. So I downloaded the plug-in from NCH Software at: http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/sony.html.
Maybe your PC would already have this plug-in and hence do not require this additional step.
After you restart your PC post-installing the plug-in, you can start converting the DVF files into MP3. This is quite easy.
First, click on “Add Files” from the Switch Sound File Converter:
.dxf File Converter
The DVF file would look like this.
Select the DVF file to be converted from your PC.
Once you clicked on the “Convert” button, the “Saving Audio File” window will appear automatically.
Cd/dvd Burning
Also, you need to decide on the “Output Format”. I selected .mp3 so that it could be played in most media player. And you need to “direct” where you want to the converted file to be saved. I always choose “Desktop” so it will be easy for me to locate.
Dxf File Conversion
There! Once the file is converted, you can play it with any basic media player and of course read it in iTunes from Mac.