How to extract text from your LSL file
- Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LSL file.
- You’ll see a preview, if available.
- Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert LSL to another file type
To convert your LSL file to another format, you need LiveSplit or other Settings software.
- LSL to ZAR
- LSL to CSV
- LSL to JSON
- LSL to XML
- LSL to YAML
- LSL to YML
- LSL to TOML
- LSL to INI
- LSL to CFG
- LSL to CONF
- LSL to DAT
- LSL to DB
Convert a file to LSL
To convert other file formats to the "Application Layout Configuration" file type, you need software like LiveSplit or a similar tool.
- DBF to LSL
- XML to LSL
- SQLITE to LSL
- XLSX to LSL
- SQL to LSL
- TSV to LSL
- ACCDB to LSL
- YAML to LSL
- MDB to LSL
- CSV to LSL
- ODS to LSL
- JSON to LSL
About LSL files
The .lsl extension represents a collision of three distinct digital ecosystems: speedrunning tools, legacy disc labeling, and metaverse scripting. Primarily, this file is a LiveSplit Layout, an XML-based configuration file that defines the visual arrangement (timer, splits, graphs) of the LiveSplit speedrun timer. While the data is human-readable text, the file relies entirely on the host application to render the visual interface, meaning you cannot natively preview the layout on mobile devices or web browsers. A significant volume of older files are LightScribe Label templates, a discontinued format by HP used for laser-etching designs onto CDs and DVDs. These files are now effectively "orphaned" as modern operating systems lack the necessary drivers to open them, making conversion to PDF or JPG essential for viewing or archiving old designs. Finally, .lsl serves as the source code container for Linden Scripting Language used in Second Life. These are standard text files but often require conversion to TXT or C to open properly in external code editors like VS Code or Notepad++ without formatting errors. For layout and script files, converting to JSON or XML is the best path to inspect the raw data structure.
Convert.Guru analyzes your LSL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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The LSL 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 LSL converter.