CRATE Converter

Extract text from CRATE files

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How to extract text from your CRATE file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your CRATE file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert CRATE to another file type

To convert your CRATE file to another format, you need Serato DJ Pro or other Data software.

Convert a file to CRATE

To convert other file formats to the "DJ Library Database" file type, you need software like Serato DJ Pro or a similar tool.

About CRATE files

The .crate file extension serves two distinct communities: digital DJs and software developers, with the former being the most common.

1. Serato DJ Crate (Primary)

In the context of Serato DJ Pro, a .crate file is a proprietary database segment used to organize music libraries. These files are stored in the _Serato_/Subcrates folder and contain binary data pointing to audio files, cue points, and loops. The major limitation of this format is its lack of interoperability. Because it uses absolute file paths and a closed binary structure, moving your music to a new drive often results in "missing file" errors that cannot be fixed with a simple text editor. Furthermore, standard media players and rival software like Rekordbox cannot natively read .crate files.

Best Conversion Targets: Convert to M3U or M3U8 for universal playlist compatibility; convert to CSV or XLSX to edit file paths in bulk or print tracklists; convert to XML for importing into other DJ software.

2. Rust Package (Secondary)

For developers using the Rust programming language, a .crate file is a distributable source code package managed by Cargo. Technically, this is just a .tar.gz archive containing source code and metadata.

Best Conversion Targets: Rename to .tar.gz or convert to ZIP to manually inspect code without using the command line.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert CRATE file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Serato DJ Pro or similar software from the "DJ Playlist Organization" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to CRATE, try Serato DJ Pro or another comparable tool in the "DJ Playlist Organization" category.

The CRATE 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 CRATE converter.