Extract text from VPN configs and song charts (SSC)
To convert SSC Configs and charts to another format, you need StepMania or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "Multi-purpose Configuration File" file type, you need software like StepMania or a similar tool.
.SSC files serve multiple unrelated functions depending on the software that created them. The most common use cases are encrypted VPN configurations for Android apps like SSH Custom and SocksHttp, song charts for the rhythm game StepMania, XML presentation scripts for MediaShout, and Solar System Catalog data for the Celestia space simulator. They are also utilized as JSON backups for Smartsheet, ZIP-compressed configurations for Carl Zeiss CALYPSO software, and encrypted video lectures for educational platforms.
Because the .SSC extension is heavily fragmented, the files are often proprietary, encrypted, or highly application-specific. For example, VPN configurations are locked to prevent tampering, and video lectures are DRM-protected to prevent piracy. These files are typically useless outside their parent applications. They cannot be opened natively by web browsers and require the user to install the exact matching software. This creates massive headaches when a user simply wants to extract a spreadsheet backup, read a text script, or migrate game data.
Converting an .SSC file depends entirely on its origin. StepMania charts can sometimes be converted backward to SM files, while Smartsheet backups (JSON) and MediaShout scripts (XML) can be converted into TXT, CSV, or PDF for reading. Encrypted files generally cannot be converted at all. Standard online converters fail to process .SSC files because they cannot guess which of the dozens of internal structures the file actually uses. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format - like ZIP, XML, or JSON - viewing or conversion may still be possible, bypassing the limitations of proprietary software.
Convert.Guru analyzes your SSC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SCC, PDF, PNG, JPG, BIN, MP3, AUP3, LIB, O, MAP and SM files.
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 "VPN Config & 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 "VPN Config & Game Data" 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 SSC converter.