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 VGZ Media files to another format, you need vgmstream or other Audio software.
Convert a file to VGZ
To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Game Audio" file type, you need software like vgmstream or a similar tool.
About VGZ files
The .VGZ file extension primarily represents a Compressed Video Game Music file, utilizing GZIP compression to store audio data extracted directly from vintage game console sound chips. Another major use case is for proprietary Digital Surveillance Video Recordings created by DVR systems like Milestone XProtect, Pegas, or IONIT. Both versions of the .VGZ format are incredibly restrictive. The gaming audio files cannot be played natively on standard media players or smartphones, requiring specialized plugins or software like vgmstream. The surveillance videos are even worse; they are proprietary, heavily restricted, and force you to install vendor-specific DVR software just to review the footage. To make these files usable, conversion is mandatory. For retro game audio, convert to MP3 for casual listening or FLAC for archiving. For surveillance videos, converting to MP4 is necessary to share footage with law enforcement or view it in a web browser. Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser.
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 vgmstream or similar software from the "Game Audio / Surveillance Video" 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 vgmstream or another comparable tool in the "Game Audio / Surveillance Video" 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.