VIPS to HRZ Converter

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Format Flexibility

VIPS to HRZ is one of many conversion paths available on Convertio. The platform supports extensive format coverage.

Fast Conversion

No waiting around. The VIPS to HRZ converter delivers results in seconds, even for complex source files.

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How to convert VIPS to HRZ

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

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Choose hrz 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 hrz file right afterwards

About formats

VIPS is the native file format of the libvips image processing library, originally developed by John Cupitt and Kirk Martinez at the National Gallery in London during the VASARI project (1989-1993) for high-resolution digitization and analysis of paintings. The VIPS format stores large images in a simple, memory-mappable layout: a header containing image dimensions, number of bands (channels), data type (8/16/32-bit integer, float, double, complex), color interpretation, resolution, and offset metadata, followed by the raw pixel data in band-interleaved format. This straightforward layout allows the operating system's virtual memory manager to map the file directly into address space, enabling libvips to process images much larger than available RAM by paging portions in and out as needed — a technique called demand-driven evaluation. VIPS files support images with any number of bands at any of the supported numeric types, accommodating everything from standard RGB photographs to hyperspectral datasets with hundreds of bands. One advantage is large-image performance: libvips's architecture processes images in small tiles evaluated on demand, meaning a 100,000 x 100,000 pixel image can be cropped, resized, sharpened, and saved without loading the entire image into memory — a capability that makes VIPS the engine behind image processing services handling millions of web images. The format's scientific heritage is another strength — the VASARI project required analyzing paintings at ultra-high resolution with multispectral imaging, and the VIPS format's support for arbitrary band counts and floating-point precision reflects these computational imaging origins. VIPS files are primarily used with the libvips library (available for C, Python, Ruby, and other languages) and can be converted to other formats via vips command-line tools or ImageMagick.
Initial release: 1993
HRZ is a simple raster image format associated with slow-scan television (SSTV), a method of transmitting still images over radio frequencies used by amateur radio operators since the late 1950s when Copthorne Macdonald pioneered the technology. HRZ files store images at a fixed resolution of 256x240 pixels in raw RGB format, with each pixel represented as three bytes (red, green, blue) at 8 bits per channel, producing uncompressed files of exactly 184,320 bytes. The format has no header, no metadata, and no compression — the file is simply a sequential dump of raw pixel data in row-major order. This extreme simplicity reflects the format's origins in the amateur radio community, where SSTV images are transmitted as audio tones encoding luminance and chrominance values over narrow-bandwidth HF (shortwave) radio channels. The fixed 256x240 resolution corresponds to common SSTV transmission modes, and HRZ files serve as the digital capture or storage medium for received SSTV transmissions. One advantage is the format's zero-overhead structure: with no parsing, decompression, or metadata processing required, HRZ files can be read by any program capable of reading raw pixel data with known dimensions — a single function call in virtually any programming language. The format's connection to amateur radio SSTV culture is another notable aspect: HRZ files document a unique form of image communication where operators transmit photographs over thousands of miles using nothing but radio waves and audio encoding, a practice that continues today alongside digital modes. HRZ files can be opened by ImageMagick, GIMP, and specialized SSTV software.
Developer: SSTV Community
Initial release: 1985

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert VIPS to HRZ?

The VIPS format has limited viewer support. Converting to HRZ ensures broad compatibility across devices.

How do I open HRZ files?

Open HRZ files with amateur radio software. Most operating systems handle HRZ natively or with built-in viewers.

What platforms support this conversion?

The converter runs entirely in the browser, so it works on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android without issues.

How long does VIPS to HRZ conversion take?

Seconds for most files. Convertio processes VIPS data on powerful servers, so even bigger files convert quickly.

What quality can I expect from HRZ output?

Expect solid results — HRZ delivers slow-scan television format, and the converter maximizes output fidelity.

Is VIPS to HRZ conversion accurate?

Accuracy is a priority. The VIPS data is carefully decoded and re-encoded as HRZ to maintain faithful output.