What is a .REC file?
A .rec file may be a PVR/DVR TV recording or a data-recovery session file - Analyser tells them apart.
- Did you know
- The .rec extension is reused by set-top-box recorders and by recovery tools like GetDataBack.
- One common .rec is a Topfield PVR recording, often nicknamed a Toppy file, which is essentially an MPEG transport stream wrapped with a program-info header.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify REC files, telling apart PVR/DVR video recordings (MPEG-TS / MPEG program stream) from data-recovery session files (GetDataBack, ReclaiMe) and reading their details.
- Depth of analysis
- .REC is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .REC file
- Drag a .REC file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.
- Related formats
- Browse the full list of supported file types.