Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SES file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SES to another file type
To convert SES sessions to another format, you need Volkswagen ODIS or other Data software.
Convert a file to SES
To convert other file formats to the "Session Log Data" file type, you need software like Volkswagen ODIS or a similar tool.
About SES files
An .SES file is a multi-purpose session data format. Most commonly, it acts as an automotive diagnostic session log for Volkswagen ODIS, an audio multitrack project for Adobe Audition, or a saved tax declaration for the Spanish Tax Agency. These files store session states, internal settings, and file references. The current format suffers from severe fragmentation and proprietary lock-in. Users constantly face errors when opening an .SES file because the operating system cannot detect which specific software created it. Audio-based .SES files do not contain real sound data. They only hold absolute file paths, meaning the project breaks immediately if you send the file to someone else without the source audio. Diagnostic and tax .SES files are often just ZIP or zlib archives hidden behind a custom extension, making them annoying to browse without specialized tools. You must convert these files to make them usable. For diagnostic logs, tax records, or ESE databases, convert to PDF or TXT to guarantee readability on any device. For audio projects, you need to extract the raw text metadata or open it in the original host to bounce down to WAV or MP3. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SES file.
If you want to convert SES file to SESX, MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC or APE, you can use Volkswagen ODIS or similar software from the "Session Data Storage" 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 SES, try Volkswagen ODIS or another comparable tool in the "Session Data Storage" category.
The SES 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 SES converter.