EAZ Converter

Extract text from EAZ files

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How to extract text from your EAZ file

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

Convert EAZ to another file type

To convert your EAZ file to another format, you need NBA Live or other Game software.

Convert a file to EAZ

To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Asset Package" file type, you need software like NBA Live or a similar tool.

About EAZ files

The .EAZ file extension represents a Compressed Game Asset Package primarily used by Electronic Arts for their EA Sports titles, notably the classic NBA Live series. These files function as proprietary containers - effectively "black boxes" - that bundle thousands of individual game resources like player textures, court graphics, and cyberfaces into a single manageable file to optimize loading times. While the operating system views them as unrecognized binary blobs, they are technically standard ZIP archives with a changed extension to prevent casual tampering.

A secondary but distinct use of the .EAZ format is by Esri for ArcGIS Explorer add-ins. In this context, the file contains XML configurations and compiled code required to extend the GIS software's functionality.

Common Friction Points: Users are often stuck because Windows and macOS lack a default application to associate with .EAZ files. Double-clicking results in a "Search for an app" error. Furthermore, game modders encounter these files when trying to customize jerseys or rosters but cannot edit them directly without extraction.

Conversion & Extraction Targets:

For Inspection (Best Practice): Since both the EA and Esri variants are predominantly ZIP containers, the most pragmatic "conversion" is simply renaming the extension from .EAZ to ZIP. This allows you to open the file with Windows Explorer, WinRAR, or 7-Zip.
For Asset Editing: Once extracted as a ZIP, you will likely find FSH (textures) or BIG files inside. These specific assets then need to be converted to PNG or BMP using specialized tools like fshtool for editing in Adobe Photoshop.
For Archiving: If you do not intend to modify the game, leaving the file as .EAZ is safest. For long-term storage outside the game directory, converting the contents to a standard 7Z archive offers better compression.

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

FAQ

If you want to convert EAZ file to DLL, SO, DYLIB, BUNDLE, PLUGIN, XPI, CRX, SAFARIEXTZ, APPEX, KEXT, SYS or DRV, you can use NBA Live or similar software from the "Game Asset Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert LV2, DYLIB, VST, AAX, DRV, TDE, LADSPA, BUNDLE, AU, DLL, RTAS or SO files to EAZ, try NBA Live or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Archive" category.

The EAZ 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 EAZ converter.