Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your VGZ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert VGZ to another file type
To convert your VGZ file to another format, you need foobar2000 or other Audio software.
Convert a file to VGZ
To convert other file formats to the "Game Audio Log" file type, you need software like foobar2000 or a similar tool.
About VGZ files
A .VGZ file typically represents a GZIP-compressed Video Game Music (VGM) file. This format is widely used in the emulation and chiptune community to store logged audio data from retro consoles like the Sega Genesis and Master System. While efficient for storage, .VGZ files are not natively supported by standard media players like Windows Media Player or iTunes, requiring specialized audiophile tools like foobar2000 (with the foo_input_vgm component) or Winamp to play. The compression is purely a container; in many cases, simply renaming the extension to GZ and unzipping it reveals the raw VGM data. However, a significant subset of .VGZ files (approx. 36%) are proprietary digital surveillance video recordings generated by Pegas or IONIT DVR systems. These video files are notoriously difficult to work with, often locked to specific manufacturer-provided viewing software that may be outdated or incompatible with modern OS environments. To ensure accessibility for web playback, archiving, or evidence submission, the best workflow is to convert audio-based .VGZ files to MP3 or FLAC, and surveillance video .VGZ files to universal standards like MP4 or AVI.
Convert.Guru analyzes your VGZ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert VGZ file to VGM, MP3, MIDI, WAV, OGG, AAC, FLAC, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS or ALAC, you can use foobar2000 or similar software from the "Compressed Chiptune Audio" 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 VGZ, try foobar2000 or another comparable tool in the "Compressed Chiptune Audio" category.
The VGZ 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 VGZ converter.