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If you have been on the Internet since the 1990’s, you may remember when just about web designer embedded cool, graphical Macromedia Shockwave files on their websites.
Back then these were called .dcr files and were made by a program called Director. Typically they were used to create interactive menus, logos and even games you could play directly in the browser.
Opening these EXE files will bring up an Open With dialog that allows you to choose a DIR/DXR/DCR file to play locally. Sometimes this will work for games, sometimes it won’t. You can even use the INI file to customize which file to play – see other games in the folder for some examples. In the following table, you can find a list of programs that can open files with.dcr extension.This list is created by collecting extension information reported by users through the 'send report' option of FileTypesMan utility. The product name, description, and company name are taken from the version information of the.exe file.The 'Actions' list is taken from the context menu items added.
If you are like me, you may be wondering how you can view your old .dcr files on your modern Mac or PC.
The answer is you probably won’t be able to and will need to use a computer system with older software from around the mid to late 1990’s. The good news is such systems are usually inexpensive and can be found on eBay. Also, most of the software can still be downloaded today.
In the 90’s in order to view these files you had to have a compatible browser – which was usually Netscape. I can’t remember if these worked on Internet Explorer or not. It seems like it didn’t as they were working on their own version called ActiveX. Back then it seemed as if Microsoft had plans to take control of the entire Internet.
Eventually Shockwave become what is now known as Adobe Flash.
Fast forward to the future and you now want to relive Internet history and see some of your old Shockwave creations. Where do you begin?
I have done quite a bit of research and as of this writing there does not appear to be an offline or online application to convert .dcr to .swf or .mp4.
Step 1: Get an old Mac or PC
If you don’t own an old computer, you can pick one up on eBay, Craigslist or perhaps spot one at a local garage sale. Try to buy one that is from around the 1995-1998 or so time frame. You may wan to make sure the computer has an Ethernet card installed in order to download necessary files to get this to work. If it doesn’t make sure it at least has a CD-Rom.
Sonicstage mac os x download. Remember, back then most people were on dial up and USB wasn’t around yet. In order to get recommended programs on your old computer, you may want to hook it up to the Internet so you can download and not have to use floppies or burn a CD.
Step 2: Download old Web Browsers and Shockwave Plugins
This may require trial and error, but you will want to download old versions of Netscape as well as the Shockwave plugin necessary for the Director (.dcr) files to work.
If you have an old Mac, you can download Netscape (version 2.02 recommended) using this link.
New holland l85 operating manual 2017. For Windows, search around or try this link:
http://ftp.lanet.lv/ftp/windows/www/netscape2.02/
For the Shockwave plugin, it’s a little trickier and may require some advanced Googling. Try doing a search like this: “index of” parent directory shockwave installer. Add “.sit” for Mac or “.exe” for Windows.
Please note – be sure to scan any files you download before opening them.
Step 3: Install Old Web Browser and Shockwave Plugins
Once you have downloaded an old browser such as Netscape and Shockwave, go ahead and install them. With the Mac this involved dragging the plugin into the “plugins” directory in the Netscape directory on the Mac hard drive. You’ll probably have to play around a bit to get it to work.
Here is a link on the Adobe site with installation instructions on older operating systems.
Step 4: Test some .DCR Files on Your Old Computer
When you think you are ready to test, you can pull up this old link that has been preserved thanks to archive.org. I’ll post a few test links below. Home assistant router integration. If you can get one of these to work, then you should be ready to test your own Director movies.
Test site 1: http://mcli.cogdogblog.com/tut/tut29d_ex/measure.html
Test site 2: https://web.archive.org/web/19970104072952/http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/director/shocklist/index.html
Of course the above two links will require that your old computer be hooked up to the Internet. If that is not possible you can try saving the pages to a CD or floppy and load offline on the old computer. Or, just skip the test and try to load your files.
If nothing works on the above two sites, you may need to go back to the drawing board or simply try your old files out to see if you have any luck. Just keep trying.
Conclusion
I still have some experimenting to do and will update this post in the future as I have only tried this on a Mac. I’ll test this out on an old Windows 95/98 PC soon and share what I find out.
But the bottom line is if you want to view your old Director creations you will likely need to get a time machine and do so on an old computer. I have seen some reports that people have had luck using the Pale Moon browser, but it didn’t work for me. But, might be worth a shot.
Have a problem opening a .DCR file? We collect information about file formats and can explain what DCR files are. Additionally we recommend software suitable for opening or converting such files.
What is the .DCR file type?
The .dcr extension primarily denotes the Digital Camera Raw (DCR) image format and file type. DCR was introduced by Kodak, Inc. as the first raw image format for digital cameras. DCR is the default image in Kodak digital cameras.
DCR is a raw format, meaning that a .dcr file stores uncompressed and generally unprocessed CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) sensor data in the exact way as the camera 'sees' the picture, along with the time/date information. DCR is a lossless format, and .dcr images are quite large in size. A DCR file is not a 'positive' image like JPEG or TIFF, and it takes pre-processing before it can be displayed. In DCR, all processing and effect application are meant to be done by computer software, with the camera being only a capturing device.
DCR image files are supported in many popular raster image viewers and editors, which also allow conversion into other formats that are more size-efficient (e.g. TIFF, JPEG or PNG).
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In Delphi programming, the .dcr extension is used to denote Delphi Component Resource (DCR) files, which are compiled binary resource files containing named bitmap icon graphics for Delphi components (including custom components). Delphi DCR files are used within a Delphi IDE in the scope of a project.
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In multimedia, the .dcr extension is tied up with Macromedia (now Adobe) Shockwave streaming media files created with Adobe Director and supported in popular web browsers via a Shockwave plugin. Unlike Adobe Flash SWF, Shockwave DCR files are not playable by themselves and are meant to be viewed only through a web browser plugin.
The .dcr extension is also used to denote the proprietary Digital Court Recorder (DCR) format. DCR audio/video files are produced with Digital Court Recorder, a software product by BIS Digital for making and organizing digital audio/video records at court hearings. DCR recordings can have embedded text notes attached to certain points on the timeline. DCR is widely used in US courts.
The .dcr extension can be alternatively associated with the Liberty Digital Court Recording (DCR) format, used for the same purpose as the above Digital Court Recorder. Liberty DCR is not compatible with DCR from BIS Digital.
Software to open or convert DCR files
You can open DCR files with the following programs:Adobe Photoshop CC by Adobe Systems Incorporated
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Adobe Photoshop CS6 by Adobe Systems Incorporated
CyberLink Power Media Player by CyberLink Corp.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 by Adobe Systems Incorporated