Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your QRC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert QRC to another file type
To convert QRC Resource files to another format, you need Qt Creator or other Developer software.
Convert a file to QRC
To convert other file formats to the "Resource Configuration File" file type, you need software like Qt Creator or a similar tool.
About QRC files
A .QRC file typically serves one of two completely distinct purposes: it is either an XML-based Qt Resource Collection file used by software developers, or an encrypted music lyric file native to Tencent QQ Music. In the software development ecosystem, the Qt framework utilizes .QRC files to map external assets - such as UI icons, CSS styles, and translation files - so they can be embedded into a final compiled application. These are simply text files and do not contain actual binary asset data, which often confuses users looking to extract images. Conversely, Tencent QQ Music uses .QRC files to store highly synchronized, proprietary encrypted lyrics. This format acts as a closed ecosystem, preventing users from natively viewing or editing the lyrics in standard media players. Additionally, legacy systems like the Zeebo game console and QuarkXPress used .QRC files for closed resource archives. Converting these files presents distinct technical hurdles. Standard online converters fail to process Tencent .QRC files because the encryption must be broken to convert them into a standard LRC text format. Meanwhile, Qt .QRC files are already plain text and can be easily renamed to XML or TXT, though this will not extract the external images they reference. Because these files are either heavily encrypted or highly context-dependent, traditional software often struggles to open them. Our analysis tool will inspect the binary signature to determine if you are dealing with a plain-text Qt resource, an encrypted lyric file, or a proprietary game archive.
Convert.Guru analyzes your QRC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert QRC file to PY, PYTHON, INI, CFG, CONF, CONFIG, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML or ENV, you can use Qt Creator or similar software from the "Resource Configuration or Encrypted Lyrics" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert ZSHRC, CONF, RCFILE, GITCONFIG, RC, PLIST, BASHRC, CONFIG, PROFILE, INI, PREFS or CFG files to QRC, try Qt Creator or another comparable tool in the "Resource Configuration or Encrypted Lyrics" category.
The QRC 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 QRC converter.