Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your UPL file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert UPL to another file type
To convert UPL playlists to another format, you need UltraStar Deluxe or other Data software.
Convert a file to UPL
To convert other file formats to the "Data and Playlist Files" file type, you need software like UltraStar Deluxe or a similar tool.
About UPL files
A .UPL file most commonly functions as a plaintext playlist for the open-source karaoke game UltraStar Deluxe, referencing audio tracks, lyrics, and timings. In the finance sector, trading terminals like Odin Diet and Zerodha Kite use .UPL files for bulk order execution. Some web development frameworks, like PC SOFT WebDev, use this extension as a temporary container for uploaded files. Other uses include firmware updates for Safescan banknote counters or Hyundai navigation systems. The core problem with .UPL files is their fragmentation. Because the extension simply stands for 'Upload' or 'User Playlist' in many contexts, there is no single standard. Your operating system will not know how to open it by default. UltraStar playlists lack native playback support in standard media players. Trading .UPL files are useless outside their specific broker software. Firmware update files are strictly locked to the target hardware. To make sense of the file, you must first analyze its contents. For UltraStar files, convert to .TXT to edit the song list. For trading files, convert to .CSV for spreadsheet analysis. If the file is a WebDev upload, it might already be a .PDF or .JPG - converting or renaming the extension will restore the original file type. Do not attempt to convert firmware .UPL files, as altering them will corrupt the hardware update.
Convert.Guru analyzes your UPL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert UPL file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use UltraStar Deluxe or similar software from the "Karaoke Playlist & Trading Upload" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MIDI, AAC, TTA, AU, WV, DTS, MID, FLAC, RA, MP3, PCM or WAV files to UPL, try UltraStar Deluxe or another comparable tool in the "Karaoke Playlist & Trading Upload" category.
The UPL 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 UPL converter.