DOL Converter

Convert DOL files online for free

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How to convert your DOL file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your DOL file.
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Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert DOL to another file type

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

DOL to EXE
DOL to ISO
DOL to BIN
DOL to CUE
DOL to PAK
DOL to WAD
DOL to PK3
DOL to PK4
DOL to BSP
DOL to MAP
DOL to SAV
DOL to DAT

Convert a file to DOL

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

MOD to DOL
BIN to DOL
CFG to DOL
SCX to DOL
DAT to DOL
MPQ to DOL
LOG to DOL
CUE to DOL
INI to DOL
EXE to DOL
SCM to DOL
ISO to DOL

About DOL files

A .DOL file is the primary executable binary format used by the Nintendo GameCube and Wii consoles. Similar to an EXE on Windows, it contains the PowerPC machine code required to run games and homebrew applications.

While essential for console operations, .DOL files present significant challenges for users on standard PCs. Because they are compiled for specific console hardware (PowerPC Gecko/Broadway CPUs), they cannot run natively on Windows, macOS, or Linux. Additionally, .DOL files are "stripped" binaries, meaning they lack the debugging symbols and metadata found in the development-centric ELF format, making them difficult to analyze or reverse-engineer. Users often struggle when they simply want to play a homebrew game but find it isn't packaged in a mountable disc format like ISO or installable channel format like WAD.

Conversion Solutions:

For Emulation/Play: No conversion is technically needed to play; simply drag the file into Dolphin Emulator. However, to create a bootable disc image for hardware, you must inject the .DOL into an ISO or GCM container using tools like Wiimms ISO Tools.
For Installation (Wii Menu): Convert the .DOL to a WAD (Wii channel file) using a WAD Injector so it can be installed directly to the console's system memory.
For Development: Programmers use devkitPro tools (specifically dol2elf) to convert between .DOL and ELF for debugging and analysis.

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

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The DOL 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 DOL converter.