Extract text from log and tape files (HOT)
To convert HOT files to another format, you need TikTok or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Diagnostic Log & Billing" file type, you need software like TikTok or a similar tool.
The .HOT file extension is heavily fragmented across multiple software ecosystems, serving primarily as an application hot log file for the Android version of TikTok, or as a legacy billing data file known as an IATA BSP (Billing and Settlement Plan) Hand-Off Tape used by airline revenue systems like the Amadeus Pro Client. Secondary uses include restaurant reservation data for OpenTable and proprietary audio or asset files in older video games like The Sims or Hotline Miami 2.
The main disadvantage of .HOT files is their proprietary and closed-off nature. TikTok logs are often custom-structured or partially encrypted to protect user runtime data, making them unreadable to standard text editors. Similarly, IATA BSP Hand-Off Tapes follow rigid, legacy industry data standards that require specialized parsing software to decode transactions correctly. If you lack an active subscription to enterprise aviation software or ByteDance developer tools, opening these files directly is virtually impossible. Standard online converters fail to process .HOT files because they lack the specific decoders required for these niche internal formats.
When trying to make sense of this data, the best target formats are TXT, CSV, or JSON for log and database parsing. Due to the high fragmentation of this extension, typical conversion attempts often result in corrupted outputs or gibberish. Our engine will bypass the unknown extension, inspect the internal file headers, extract any human-readable text or embedded structures, and determine if conversion to a standard document format is achievable.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HOT file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted TXT, LIST and UPD files.
If you want to convert HOT file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use TikTok or similar software from the "Application Log & Billing Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to HOT, try TikTok or another comparable tool in the "Application Log & Billing Data" category.
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 HOT converter.