ROQ Converter

Convert retro game videos (ROQ) online for free


Drop or upload your .ROQ file
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How to convert your ROQ file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ROQ file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert ROQ to another file type

The converter easily converts your ROQ videos to various formats - free and online. No VLC or other Video software needed.

  • ROQ to MP4
  • ROQ to AVI
  • ROQ to MOV
  • ROQ to WMV
  • ROQ to FLV
  • ROQ to WEBM
  • ROQ to MKV
  • ROQ to M4V
  • ROQ to 3GP
  • ROQ to OGV
  • ROQ to ASF
  • ROQ to RM

Convert a file to ROQ

The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other "Game Cutscene Video" formats to ROQ without using software like VLC or a similar tool.

  • MTS to ROQ
  • MOV to ROQ
  • DIVX to ROQ
  • RM to ROQ
  • H264 to ROQ
  • WMV to ROQ
  • VOB to ROQ
  • MP4 to ROQ
  • XVID to ROQ
  • AVI to ROQ
  • WAV to ROQ
  • SBC to ROQ

About ROQ files

The .ROQ file is a proprietary Full Motion Video (FMV) format created by id Software for in-game cutscenes in the id Tech 3 engine, most notably used in Quake III Arena. It relies on a custom vector quantization video codec and a DPCM audio codec to decode quickly on late-1990s processors.

To play these files natively, users must rely on open-source media players like VLC media player or command-line frameworks like FFmpeg. Legacy utility tools like Bink Video Player have also historically interacted with game video files.

The .ROQ format is entirely obsolete today. It offers poor compression efficiency by modern standards and is explicitly rejected by web browsers, smartphones, smart TVs, and professional video editors like Adobe Premiere Pro.

For universal playback and editing, convert .ROQ to MP4 (H.264 video with AAC audio). For web-native HTML5 use, convert to WEBM. For archiving, convert to MKV. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.

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

Users also converted MP4, AVI, FMV, BK2 and VP6 files.


FAQ

If you want to convert ROQ file to , you can use VLC or similar software from the "Game Full Motion Video" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert RMVB or TS files to ROQ, try VLC or another comparable tool in the "Game Full Motion Video" category.



The ROQ 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 ROQ converter.