Format guide · Liberty / High Criteria
Convert Liberty DCR court recordings
A .dcr file holds multi-channel courtroom audio — but it needs Liberty Court Player to open. Export to WAV there once, and DepoAudio handles the rest: convert, split by channel, or clean up.
What is a .dcr file?
DCR is the recording container used by Liberty Court Recording, High Criteria, and BIS Digital courtroom systems. A single file can hold anywhere from one to 32 channels — one per microphone around the room — which is exactly why a normal media player can’t make sense of it.
DCR doesn’t have an open specification, so DepoAudio doesn’t decode it directly. The reliable path is the free Liberty Court Player, which exports the audio to WAV. From there it’s standard audio.
→ WAV
Convert a DCR recording in four steps
- Open the .dcr in Liberty Court Player (free download).
- Export to WAV via File → Export → WAV.
- Drop the WAV files into DepoAudio. Channel layout is detected automatically.
- Convert or split by participant — MP3, FLAC, or one file per channel, all on your machine.
Multi-channel courtroom recordings are exactly what DepoAudio’s split-by-participant mode is built for, so a 16-channel hearing becomes 16 cleanly labelled files.
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How do I convert a Liberty DCR court recording?
DCR files from Liberty Court Recording, High Criteria, and BIS Digital can hold up to 32 channels and need the free Liberty Court Player to open. In Liberty Court Player choose File → Export → WAV, then drop the WAV files into DepoAudio to convert, split by channel, or clean up. Everything after the export runs locally.
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