TKM Converter

Extract text from TKM files

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How to extract text from your TKM file

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

Convert TKM to another file type

To convert your TKM file to another format, you need Kugou Music or other Audio software.

Convert a file to TKM

To convert other file formats to the "Encrypted Audio Cache" file type, you need software like Kugou Music or a similar tool.

About TKM files

The .tkm extension represents two distinct audio-related formats that users often struggle to open.

1. Kugou Music Encrypted Cache (Most Common)

The most frequent use is by Kugou Music, a dominant Chinese music streaming service. These files are encrypted audio cache segments created when you stream music.

The Problem: Unlike standard MP3 or FLAC files, TKM files are locked with proprietary digital rights management (DRM). They are designed solely for playback within the Kugou app and will fail to open in media players like VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player.
The Reality: Converting these files directly is notoriously difficult. Standard audio converters cannot read the encrypted header. You typically need specific decryption tools or must redownload the track in a non-proprietary format directly from the service.

2. KaraokeKanta Audio File

Less commonly, a TKM file is a karaoke project file associated with KaraokeKanta.

The Content: These contain backing audio tracks synchronized with lyric timing data.
The Solution: These are easier to handle. Users typically want to convert them to MP3 (for the audio only) or CDG/MP4 (to keep the on-screen lyrics for singing).

Best Target Formats:

For Music: Convert to MP3 or AAC for universal compatibility on phones and car stereos.
For High Quality: Convert to FLAC if the source allows (though cache files are often compressed).
For Karaoke: Convert to MP4 to preserve the visual lyric scroll.

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

Users also converted PCM, WEM, WAV and KM files.

FAQ

If you want to convert TKM file to KM, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT or DB, you can use Kugou Music or similar software from the "Encrypted Music Cache" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to TKM, try Kugou Music or another comparable tool in the "Encrypted Music Cache" category.

The TKM 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 TKM converter.