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The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Settings formats to SCM with high quality output.
The .scm file extension is a heavily overloaded container used by distinct ecosystems, most notably by Samsung Smart TVs, the Scheme programming language, and video software like TechSmith Camtasia.
For nearly half of all users, an .scm file is a Samsung Channel List exported from a TV to a USB drive. While intended for backup, users frequently need to edit these lists to reorder channels. A major difficulty is that these files are proprietary binary containers or renamed ZIP archives that standard spreadsheet software cannot open directly. Attempting to open them in a text editor usually results in garbled data. To edit or view the channel data, the file often needs to be converted to a more accessible format like XML or handled by specific channel editors, though simply renaming the extension to ZIP can sometimes allow access to the internal data structure.
In the development world, .scm refers to source code written in Scheme, a dialect of Lisp used by software like GIMP for its Script-Fu automation. These are plain text files but require a specific interpreter to run. Users frequently convert these to PDF for documentation or TXT for universal compatibility. Less common but problematic uses include legacy ScreenCam recordings and GTA San Andreas mission scripts. These proprietary formats often suffer from severe compatibility issues on modern systems, making conversion to standard MP4 (for video) or decompiled text formats (for scripts) essential for preservation and access.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SCM file.
Users also converted DVBC, TXT, SCX, PNG, ZIP, JSON, SCH, SCN, PDF, ACSM, SPV, XCF and PNM files.
If you want to convert SCM file to SCF, NM3, EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP or MAP, you can use Samsung Electronics or similar software from the "TV Channel Settings Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, ISO or SAV files to SCM, try Samsung Electronics or another comparable tool in the "TV Channel Settings Backup" 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 SCM converter.