AST Converter

Convert AST files online for free


Drop or upload your .AST file
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How to convert your AST file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AST file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert AST to another file type

The converter easily converts your AST file to various formats - free and online. No Notepad or extra software needed.

  • AST to EST
  • AST to IST
  • AST to CST
  • AST to UTC
  • AST to PST
  • AST to GMT
  • AST to MST
  • AST to CODE
  • AST to EDT
  • AST to INI
  • AST to CFG
  • AST to CONF

Convert a file to AST

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Game formats to AST with high quality output.

  • ZSHRC to AST
  • CONF to AST
  • RCFILE to AST
  • GITCONFIG to AST
  • RC to AST
  • PLIST to AST
  • BASHRC to AST
  • CONFIG to AST
  • PROFILE to AST
  • INI to AST
  • PREFS to AST
  • CFG to AST

About AST files

The .AST extension represents a diverse set of file formats, most prominently the Nintendo Audio Stream used in GameCube, Wii, and 3DS titles, and texture files for Farming Simulator. Users typically encounter these files when extracting assets from game archives or modding.

A key problem with .AST files is their proprietary nature; a standard media player like VLC or an image viewer cannot open them natively. Game audio streams rely on specific interleaving and looping data that require specialized tools like vgmstream or foobar2000 components to play. Similarly, texture variants (often used by the GIANTS Engine) are unreadable by standard editors like Adobe Photoshop without specific plugins. Legacy users may also encounter .AST files as Ability Spreadsheet Templates, which are incompatible with modern suites like Microsoft Excel.

For game audio, the best conversion target is MP3 for portability or WAV for lossless archiving. For textures, converting to PNG or DDS allows for easy editing and viewing. For legacy spreadsheets, converting to XLSX ensures data remains accessible. convert.guru simplifies this process - just drag and drop to identify the specific .ast variant and convert it instantly.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your AST file.

Users also converted ABK, KFX, PDF, JSON, DDS, DOCX, BIN, CRDOWNLOAD, ABR, ACB, ICC, EST and IST files.



The AST 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 AST converter.