Extract text from NZB files
To convert your NZB file to another format, you need NZBGet or other Web software.
To convert other file formats to the "Usenet Index File" file type, you need software like NZBGet or a similar tool.
The .NZB file is an XML-based index format designed to streamline downloading binary files (like videos, software, or audio) from Usenet newsgroups. Developed by NewzBin, it acts as a roadmap, containing metadata such as the Subject, Poster, and a list of Message-ID segments required to reconstruct a file.
However, users often mistake the .NZB file for the actual content. You cannot open an NZB file in a media player like VLC. The file itself is tiny (often under 1MB) and contains only text instructions, not the video or software itself. To "use" it traditionally, you require a specialized newsreader client and a subscription to a Usenet provider (NNTP server). For users wishing to inspect the file's contents without installing a newsreader, or to debug corrupt downloads, the best solution is converting the .NZB to TXT, XML, or JSON. This reveals the file headers and segment lists in a human-readable format, allowing you to verify what the file contains before committing to a download.
Convert.Guru analyzes your NZB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted NBZ, GZ, TXT, ZIP, EPUB, MP4, TORRENT, ASS, NPZ, EXE, NFO, RAR and PKPASS files.
If you want to convert NZB file to MP4, HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY or RB, you can use NZBGet or similar software from the "Usenet Binary Download Index" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to NZB, try NZBGet or another comparable tool in the "Usenet Binary Download Index" 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 NZB converter.