Convert Blue Iris .bvr files to MP4 that plays anywhere

Your .bvr recordings won't open in normal players. bvr2mp4 turns them into standard MP4, a single clip or a whole folder at once, with the overlay, exact frame timing and audio intact, ready to hand to police, an insurer or a solicitor as a normal video file.

Desktop app for Windows and Mac. One licence covers both.

Drop your .bvr file, or click to choose Free browser demo. See your own footage decode in seconds.

Want to convert your whole archive? The full app batches entire folders on your own machine, so your footage never leaves your computer. Windows and Mac, one licence covers both. One-time purchase (£24.99 personal, £99 commercial), no subscription.

Buy · £24.99

No sign-up to try·Web demo uploads only the first 32MB·Watermarked preview

.bvr won't play anywhere

Blue Iris records to its own format. Media players, phones and video tools can't open a raw .bvr.

Sharing means installing Blue Iris

Sending footage to police, insurers or family shouldn't require them to install NVR software just to watch it.

Its own export is slow

Blue Iris re-encodes on the CPU, single-threaded. An hour of 4K takes the better part of an hour.

What you get

A faithful MP4, not a lossy screen-grab

bvr2mp4 reads the actual Blue Iris container and rebuilds a proper MP4, so the result is exactly your footage, just playable everywhere.

The overlay, preserved

Whatever overlay Blue Iris drew on your footage comes across exactly as it appeared, right down to the font. Essential when footage is evidence.

Frame-accurate, with audio

Exact per-frame timing is kept (variable frame rate and all), and the audio track comes across intact. Nothing re-timed, nothing dropped.

Fast, and off your NVR

Hardware-accelerated conversion runs on your own machine, so you don't load your live Blue Iris box or wait on its single-threaded export.

Batch whole folders

Select several .bvr files or point bvr2mp4 at a folder and it works through them one after another, with per-file progress, a stop button and a retry for anything that fails. Every conversion runs on your own computer and is never uploaded to us.

How it works

Three steps

Try it right here

Drop a recording in the box above and watch a few seconds of your own footage decode, overlay and all. No sign-up, no card.

Buy your licence

One-time purchase, from £24.99. Your download for Windows or Mac and your licence key arrive on the confirmation page and by email.

Convert the full file

Install the app, activate with your key, and convert entire recordings, watermark-free, as an MP4 saved wherever you choose.

Pricing

Try free. Unlock once.

Sent here by the app's paywall? Pick Personal or Commercial below. Checkout takes a minute and your key activates in seconds.

Web demo

£0

Try it right here, no install.

Watermarked 6-second preview of your own footage
No sign-up
Nothing installed

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Personal

£24.99 one-time

For home CCTV. Includes handing footage to police, your insurer or a solicitor for a personal matter.

Full-length, watermark-free conversions
Single files or whole folders
Unlimited files, forever

Commercial

£99 one-time

For businesses and professionals converting footage as part of the job: security firms, legal, insurance.

Everything in Personal
Commercial-use licence
Priority email support

Shown in GBP. Priced locally at checkout (Personal about $29 / €27.99).

Trouble at checkout? hello@bvr2mp4.com

FAQ

Questions

Do I need Blue Iris installed to use this?

No. That's the point. bvr2mp4 opens and converts .bvr files on its own. You can convert footage someone sent you without ever installing Blue Iris.

What is a .bvr file?

It's the proprietary video format Blue Iris NVR software records to. Normal players can't open it; bvr2mp4 turns it into a standard MP4 that plays in anything.

Does it keep the camera name and timestamp?

Yes, if your cameras draw them. Whatever overlay Blue Iris burned into the recording (camera name, fps, date and time, or none at all) is carried into the MP4 exactly as it appeared, which matters when the footage is used as evidence. bvr2mp4 never adds an overlay that wasn't there.

Is my footage uploaded anywhere?

The app doesn't upload anything: conversion happens entirely on your own computer. The only exception is the free web preview above, which sends the first 32MB of a file you choose to test the decoder.

How is this different from ffmpeg or Handbrake?

Those don't properly read the Blue Iris container: they lose the overlay, the audio and the exact timing, and the community scripts that tried have stopped working on newer files. bvr2mp4 handles the format correctly, with no command line.

Does it run on Mac, or only Windows?

Both. There's a Windows installer and a macOS app, and one licence covers you on either. Blue Iris itself is Windows-only, but the recordings it makes are often watched, cut and handed on from a Mac, so bvr2mp4 runs on both.