Extract text from HCA files
To convert your HCA file to another format, you need CRIWARE ADX2 or other Audio software.
To convert other file formats to the "Game Audio Asset" file type, you need software like CRIWARE ADX2 or a similar tool.
The .HCA file extension represents High Compression Audio, a proprietary audio coding format developed by CRI Middleware for their CRIWARE ADX2 audio middleware. It is the industry standard for storing background music (BGM), voice-overs, and sound effects in thousands of mobile and console video games (including titles from Square Enix, Bandai Namco, and Sega).
Users typically encounter these files when extracting game assets (data mining) to listen to a soundtrack or create mods. The main disadvantage of HCA is its lack of support in standard media players; you cannot open it with Windows Media Player, VLC, or iTunes. Furthermore, many HCA files are encrypted with a proprietary 64-bit key, meaning they will play as static or silence even if opened in a compatible decoder without the correct key.
For listening or video editing, the best workflow is to convert .HCA to WAV (to preserve the decoded quality) or MP3 for casual playback. Advanced users often deal with HCA files wrapped inside ACB or AWB containers.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HCA file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted MP3, WAV, ACB, M4A, AWB, ADX, USM, FLAC, MP4, AAC, UASSET, ZIP and JSON files.
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 HCA converter.