Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SRB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SRB to another file type
To convert SRB Archives to another format, you need Sonic Robo Blast 2 or other Game software.
Convert a file to SRB
To convert other file formats to the "Game Resource Archive" file type, you need software like Sonic Robo Blast 2 or a similar tool.
About SRB files
The .srb file extension typically serves three distinct user groups, often leading to confusion.
Sonic Robo Blast 2 (Game Data): Most commonly, this is a resource archive used by Sonic Robo Blast 2 (SRB2), a fan-made game based on the Doom Legacy engine. These files function like WAD files, containing level maps, textures, audio, and game logic. Users often try to convert these to view game assets (like sprites or music). Practical Constraint: You cannot simply "convert" this entire file to a PDF or video. Instead, you must use a tool like SLADE or XWE to extract specific components into usable formats like PNG images or WAV audio.
Sievers Instrument Data (Hidden ZIP): In laboratory settings, Sievers Analytical Instruments (now part of Veolia) use this format for data reports. The Workaround: These are often just renamed ZIP archives. If you need to access the data, try renaming the file extension from .srb to .zip. You can then extract the internal contents, which are usually CSV spreadsheets or PDF reports.
SBuilder Document (Text): For flight simulator enthusiasts, this may be a text-based project file created by SBuilder. Since it stores coordinate and scenery data in plain text, you can open it with Notepad++ to view the code or convert it to a standard TXT file for archiving.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SRB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SRB file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use Sonic Robo Blast 2 or similar software from the "Game Resource Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to SRB, try Sonic Robo Blast 2 or another comparable tool in the "Game Resource Archive" category.
The SRB 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 SRB converter.