OMG Converter

Extract text from O&O DiskImage backups (OMG)


Drop or upload your .OMG file
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How to extract text from your OMG file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your OMG file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert OMG to another file type

To convert OMG backups to another format, you need O&O DiskImage, SonicStage or other Disk Image software.

Convert a file to OMG

To convert other file formats to the "Disk Image & Audio" file type, you need software like O&O DiskImage, SonicStage or a similar tool.


About OMG files

The .OMG file extension primarily identifies an O&O DiskImage backup file or a Sony OpenMG protected audio file. Disk images store sector-by-sector copies of a hard drive for system restoration. OpenMG files store DRM-encrypted audio using the ATRAC3 codec. Backups are mounted using O&O DiskImage, while audio files require legacy software like Sony SonicStage. Both formats are heavily restricted and frustrating for users. O&O backups are proprietary, frequently exceed hundreds of gigabytes, and cannot be browsed natively by operating systems like Windows or macOS. Sony OpenMG audio files are infamous for their restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM), tying playback to specific hardware and blocking standard media players completely. Converting an O&O image directly is impractical; instead, you must extract its contents into standard files like PDF, DOCX, or JPG. For OpenMG audio, the target should be MP3, FLAC, or WAV to ensure playback across modern devices. These file formats are exceptionally difficult to open or convert due to O&O's closed-source compression and Sony's military-grade DRM encryption. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible on convert.guru. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your OMG file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert OMG file to PDF, MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC or APE, you can use O&O DiskImage, SonicStage or similar software from the "System Backup & Protected Audio" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to OMG, try O&O DiskImage, SonicStage or another comparable tool in the "System Backup & Protected Audio" category.



The OMG 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 OMG converter.