Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your EXI file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert EXI to another file type
To convert EXI cache files to another format, you need Google ExoPlayer or other Data software.
Convert a file to EXI
To convert other file formats to the "Cache & Interchange File" file type, you need software like Google ExoPlayer or a similar tool.
About EXI files
The .exi file extension is most commonly associated with Google ExoPlayer, where it functions as a cache index file for offline media, such as downloaded YouTube videos on Android devices. It can also represent an Efficient XML Interchange file, a W3C standard used to store XML data in a highly compressed, binary format. Other rare uses include e-Reading exercise files for StepWare AceReader and flow computer configurations. Users typically encounter issues with .exi files because they are not meant to be opened directly. ExoPlayer cache files are proprietary, fragmented indexing data that cannot be played as standard video files. Efficient XML files are binary, meaning they are completely illegible in a standard text editor. This makes the format frustrating for users who expect human-readable text or a playable media file. If you are dealing with an Efficient XML document, the best conversion targets are standard XML or JSON formats to restore readability. Standard online converters almost always fail to process .exi files because they lack the specific W3C parsers or mistake them for media files. Furthermore, media cache index files are strictly tied to the original app's encrypted ecosystem.
Convert.Guru analyzes your EXI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert EXI file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Google ExoPlayer or similar software from the "Android Cache / Binary XML" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to EXI, try Google ExoPlayer or another comparable tool in the "Android Cache / Binary XML" category.
The EXI 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 EXI converter.