_PLAYMUSICID Converter

Extract text from Google Play Music IDs (_PLAYMUSICID)


Drop or upload your ._PLAYMUSICID file
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How to extract text from your _PLAYMUSICID file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your _PLAYMUSICID file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert _PLAYMUSICID to another file type

To convert _PLAYMUSICID ID files to another format, you need Google Play Music or other System software.

Convert a file to _PLAYMUSICID

To convert other file formats to the "App Identifier File" file type, you need software like Google Play Music or a similar tool.


About _PLAYMUSICID files

The ._playmusicid file is a technical artifact generated by the discontinued Google Play Music app on Android devices. It acts as a unique identifier for offline cached tracks, essentially serving as a database key rather than a media container. Users typically discover these files when recovering data from old SD cards or Android backups, mistakenly believing they are playable songs.

The Critical Constraint: A ._playmusicid file contains no audio data. It is a small text file (often under 1KB) that links the app to the actual audio file, which was usually stored nearby with a hashed or numerical filename. Because the file lacks sound waves/sample data, it is technically impossible to convert it to MP3, WAV, or FLAC.

Best Practices:

  1. For Cleanup: You can safely delete these files. Google Play Music was shut down in 2020, rendering these cache markers obsolete.
  2. For Music Recovery: Do not try to convert this file. Instead, look in the same folder for larger files (3MB+) with no extension or numerical names; those are likely the actual audio files you can rename to MP3 and play in VLC Media Player.

Convert.Guru analyzes your _PLAYMUSICID file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PLAY_SENTINEL, NAMES and XMP files.


FAQ

If you want to convert _PLAYMUSICID file to [% faq_exts_to %], you can use Google Play Music or similar software from the "Offline music track identifier" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert [% faq_exts_from %] files to _PLAYMUSICID, try Google Play Music or another comparable tool in the "Offline music track identifier" category.



The _PLAYMUSICID Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our _PLAYMUSICID converter.