SFB Converter

Extract text from SFB files


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

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

Convert SFB to another file type

To convert your SFB file to another format, you need multiMAN or other Game software.

  • SFB to ISO
  • SFB to CSV
  • SFB to JSON
  • SFB to XML
  • SFB to YAML
  • SFB to YML
  • SFB to TOML
  • SFB to INI
  • SFB to CFG
  • SFB to CONF
  • SFB to DAT
  • SFB to DB

Convert a file to SFB

To convert other file formats to the "Disc Data & 3D Asset" file type, you need software like multiMAN or a similar tool.

  • DBF to SFB
  • XML to SFB
  • SQLITE to SFB
  • XLSX to SFB
  • SQL to SFB
  • TSV to SFB
  • ACCDB to SFB
  • YAML to SFB
  • MDB to SFB
  • CSV to SFB
  • ODS to SFB
  • JSON to SFB

About SFB files

The .sfb extension represents three distinct but proprietary data formats that often trap user data in unusable silos.

  1. PlayStation 3 Disc Data: Most commonly (51%), this is a system file generated by backup managers like multiMAN or Iris Manager. When copying large PS3 games to FAT32 external drives (which have a 4GB file size limit), the system splits the game files. The .sfb file acts as the critical index map required to stitch these fragments back together. Users cannot play the game directly from this state; they must merge the data back into a standard ISO disc image or folder format to use with emulators like RPCS3 or to install on a console's internal HDD.
  2. Google Sceneform Binary: A significant portion (31%) are 3D assets created for Google's now-archived Sceneform SDK for Android. These files are compiled binary representations of 3D models (converted from OBJ or FBX). Since Google deprecated Sceneform in 2020 in favor of standard glTF and GLB files, projects relying on .sfb are technically obsolete. Opening them requires legacy versions of Android Studio. To future-proof AR content, developers must locate the original source files and convert them to GLB or USDZ, as the proprietary .sfb binary is not widely supported by modern 3D tools like Blender.
  3. Simple FictionBook: Used by the Bulgarian digital library Chitanka, this is a lightweight e-book format. While efficient, it lacks support on popular e-readers like Amazon Kindle or Kobo. Users must convert these text containers to EPUB or PDF to ensure readability across devices.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SFB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ISO, SFO, PS3, CFB, SBF, 7Z, ZIP, GLB, OBJ, PKG, BIN, MP3 and EX4 files.



The SFB 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 SFB converter.