MTV to RGF Converter

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No Install Needed

The converter runs entirely in your browser — no desktop software required. Works on all major platforms and devices alike.

Quick Results

MTV to RGF conversion is fast — upload, process, and download typically wraps up in under a minute for standard images.

Bulk Conversion

Handle many MTV to RGF conversions at once. Upload a batch, start the process, and download all results — no repeated uploading.

How to convert MTV to RGF

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose rgf or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your rgf file right afterwards

About formats

MTV is a simple raster image format created by Mark T. VandeWettering for the MTV Ray Tracer, a ray tracing program released in 1988 as one of the early publicly available ray tracers distributed through Usenet. The format stores 24-bit RGB images with a minimal text header followed by raw pixel data. The header consists of a single line containing the image width and height as ASCII integers, followed immediately by the pixel data where each pixel occupies three bytes (red, green, blue) arranged in row-major order from top-left to bottom-right. The MTV Ray Tracer itself was significant in the history of computer graphics — distributed freely via the comp.graphics Usenet newsgroup, it introduced many programmers and students to the principles of ray tracing: ray-object intersection, reflection, refraction, shadows, and recursive shading. The MTV format was the program's native output, and its simplicity made it easy for users to write custom viewers and converters on whatever platform they had access to — a practical necessity in the fragmented Unix workstation landscape of the late 1980s. One advantage is extreme implementation simplicity: the format can be read in a handful of lines of code in any programming language, with no libraries, no compression algorithms, and no metadata parsing required — just read two integers and then read width x height x 3 bytes of pixel data. The format's historical significance in the computer graphics community provides another dimension — MTV files from early ray tracing experiments represent primary artifacts from the era when ray tracing transitioned from academic research to accessible software. MTV files are supported by ImageMagick and various legacy graphics tools.
Initial release: 1988
RGF (Robot Graphics Format) is a simple monochrome bitmap image format used by LEGO Mindstorms EV3 programmable robotics kits, introduced with the EV3 system on September 1, 2013. RGF files store 1-bit (black and white) images designed for display on the EV3 Intelligent Brick's 178x128 pixel monochrome LCD screen. The format uses a minimal structure: a header containing the image width and height as binary values, followed by the pixel data where each bit represents one pixel (1 for black, 0 for white), packed eight per byte in row-major order. RGF images are used as custom display graphics in EV3 programs — students and hobbyists create them for robot status displays, user interfaces, splash screens, and animation frames shown on the brick's screen during program execution. The images are typically designed using LEGO's EV3 software (which includes a built-in image editor) or converted from other formats using community tools. RGF fits within LEGO's broader educational robotics platform, where the Mindstorms system teaches programming, engineering, and computational thinking to students worldwide. One advantage is the format's role in educational technology: RGF provides a simple, concrete example of how digital images are represented as binary data — a concept that students working with Mindstorms can directly observe by examining the file contents and seeing the corresponding image on the brick's screen. The format's simplicity makes it accessible for young programmers learning about file formats and binary data. RGF files can be created and converted using ImageMagick, the EV3 development environment, and community tools like ev3dev.
Developer: The LEGO Group
Initial release: 2013

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert MTV to RGF?

Display images on lego mindstorms screens — converting MTV to RGF gives your ray-traced renders broader reach and easier sharing across standard platforms.

What programs open RGF?

Most image viewers and editors handle RGF — Photoshop, GIMP, IrfanView, and built-in viewers on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

What is the MTV format?

MTV is used in computer graphics and ray tracing. It stores rendered 3D scenes and ray tracing experiments — converting to RGF makes this data universally accessible.

Can I batch convert MTV to RGF?

Yes — Convertio supports batch uploads. Add multiple MTV images and convert them all to RGF at once to speed up your workflow.

Does the conversion preserve quality?

The converter retains maximum fidelity during the MTV to RGF transformation. Any differences stem from the output format's own characteristics.

Does this work on mobile devices?

Yes — the converter runs in any web browser, so it works on phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops regardless of operating system.