STR Converter

Extract text from STR files

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Drop or upload your .STR file

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How to extract text from your STR file

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

Convert STR to another file type

To convert your STR file to another format, you need IBM SPSS Modeler or other Data software.

Convert a file to STR

To convert other file formats to the "Stream Container" file type, you need software like IBM SPSS Modeler or a similar tool.

About STR files

The .STR file extension is a classic example of a "homograph" filename - it refers to completely different formats depending on the context. The most common commercial use is an IBM SPSS Modeler stream file, which stores data mining workflows and predictive analytics models. These files are often actually compressed archives (internally ZIP) but require the proprietary IBM SPSS Modeler software to interpret the visual nodes and logic. Users without a license ($70+/month) cannot view the logic or extract the data, creating a significant barrier for sharing insights.

Simultaneously, .STR is widely used as a PlayStation video stream format (MPEG-1 variations) and generally as a container for game assets (audio/video streams) in titles like FIFA, Dead Space, and The Godfather. These raw streams often lack standard file headers, making them unplayable in modern media players like Windows Media Player without specific codecs. Additionally, the extension is used for "String" lists in software like dBASE and Cinema 4D, holding localization text or database structures.

Conversion Recommendations:

For Analytics (SPSS): Convert the stream logic to PDF for documentation or export the underlying data to CSV or XLSX for use in Excel.
For Video/Audio (Games/PlayStation): Convert raw streams to MP4 or AVI for playback, or extract audio to WAV or MP3.
For Development (Strings/dBASE): Convert structure lists to plain TXT, JSON, or XML for easy editing in standard code editors.

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

Users also converted SRT, STR-, 000000010000000ASTR, GRASP, TXT, ZIP, STP, DTM, PDF, MP4, SUB, MP3 and XMV files.

FAQ

If you want to convert STR file to SYS, DLL, EXE, DRV, VXD, 386, COM, BAT, CMD, SCR, PIF or LNK, you can use IBM SPSS Modeler or similar software from the "Data Mining & Video Streams" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MSI, EXE, REG, MST, LNK, CAB, CAT, DRV, INF, SYS, MSU or DLL files to STR, try IBM SPSS Modeler or another comparable tool in the "Data Mining & Video Streams" category.

The STR 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 STR converter.