Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VAB file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VAB to another file type
To convert VAB files to another format, you need Virt-A-Mate or other Game software.
Convert a file to VAB
To convert other file formats to the "Game Asset Bundle" file type, you need software like Virt-A-Mate or a similar tool.
About VAB files
The .VAB file extension primarily represents either a Virt-A-Mate (VAM) Asset Bundle or a PlayStation Audio Sample Bank (Video Audio Binary). In the context of Virt-A-Mate, an advanced 3D VR simulator, .VAB files store packaged 3D models, textures, and morphs, frequently derived from DAZ Studio. Alternatively, in classic Sony PlayStation game development, .VAB files act as sound banks holding raw audio samples for in-game music and sound effects, typically used alongside SEQ sequence files. Users encounter major roadblocks when trying to convert or open .VAB files because both formats are heavily proprietary and closed-source. Virt-A-Mate bundles cannot be natively imported into standard 3D modeling tools like Blender, while PlayStation audio banks are completely unsupported by modern media players like VLC or web browsers. If you are dealing with audio, the optimal conversion targets are standard WAV or MP3 files, which requires specialized retro-gaming extraction utilities. For 3D assets, extracting the internal OBJ or FBX meshes is highly desirable but notoriously difficult due to proprietary packing methods. Standard online converters invariably fail with .VAB files because they lack the specific decryption and unpacking engines needed for these niche formats. Just drag and drop your file onto convert.guru to identify the exact format version and inspect the internal hex structure. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or extracting the raw components may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VAB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VAB file to , you can use Virt-A-Mate or similar software from the "3D Asset & Audio Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to VAB, try Virt-A-Mate or another comparable tool in the "3D Asset & Audio Storage" category.
The VAB 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 VAB converter.