Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SSC file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert SSC to another file type
To convert your SSC file to another format, you need StepMania or other Settings software.
Convert a file to SSC
To convert other file formats to the "Game Configuration File" file type, you need software like StepMania or a similar tool.
About SSC files
The .ssc extension is a notorious "container of chaos" in the file world, serving as the native format for completely unrelated software ecosystems. Most commonly, you will encounter this file in one of four scenarios, each requiring a different approach.
StepMania 5 Charts: In the rhythm game community, .ssc is the modern "Simfile" format for StepMania (Project OutFox), succeeding the older sm and dwi formats. While it supports advanced scripting and per-chart timing, many legacy arcade machines and dance pad engines (like ITG) only read the older sm format. Users frequently need to convert .ssc back to sm to ensure backward compatibility.
Celestia Catalogs: For users of the Celestia space simulator, this file acts as a Solar System Catalog. It is a plain text file defining the orbital parameters and textures of planets or spacecraft. These are often converted to TXT for manual editing or debugging.
MediaShout Scripts: Older versions of MediaShout used .ssc for presentation scripts. These are essentially XML wrappers containing cues for church services. Converting these to PDF or TXT is the only way to view the run-of-show without the proprietary software.
Encrypted VPN Configs: Mobile apps like SSH Custom and SocksHttp use .ssc to store encrypted tunneling settings. Warning: These files are often locked by the creator; if your file is binary gibberish when opened in a text editor, it is likely a locked VPN config that cannot be converted, only imported.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SSC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert SSC file to SM, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS, PHP, RB, GO or RS, you can use StepMania or similar software from the "Configuration or Game Data" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to SSC, try StepMania or another comparable tool in the "Configuration or Game Data" category.
The SSC 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 SSC converter.