Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your AUP3 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert AUP3 to another file type
To convert AUP3 projects to another format, you need Audacity or other Audio software.
Convert a file to AUP3
To convert other file formats to the "Audacity Project Database" file type, you need software like Audacity or a similar tool.
About AUP3 files
The .AUP3 file is an audio project database created by Audacity, a popular open-source audio editor. Introduced in Audacity version 3.0, it consolidates an entire editing session into a single SQLite 3 database file. Users typically need to convert this file because it is not an actual audio track. You cannot play an .AUP3 file in a web browser, on a smartphone, or using standard media software like VLC. It is strictly an active workspace file. Disadvantages of the .AUP3 format include massive file sizes that easily exceed gigabytes due to uncompressed audio data and a complete edit history. Sharing these files over email is usually impossible. To make the audio listenable, the project must be exported to standard audio formats like MP3, WAV, or FLAC. Exporting collapses all individual tracks, effects, and undo histories into a single flattened audio file. This file format is difficult to open or convert online because it is a proprietary, closed project format built on a relational database, not a simple audio stream. Often, only the original Audacity software can properly read the internal schema and export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your AUP3 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert AUP3 file to MP3, WAV, MP4, M4A, AUP, OGG, AAC, FLAC, WMA, AIFF, OPUS or ALAC, you can use Audacity or similar software from the "Audio Project Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to AUP3, try Audacity or another comparable tool in the "Audio Project Storage" category.
The AUP3 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 AUP3 converter.