VSR Converter

Extract text from Game audio streams (VSR)


Drop or upload your .VSR file
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How to extract text from your VSR file

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

Convert VSR to another file type

To convert VSR Audio streams to another format, you need Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or other Game software.

Convert a file to VSR

To convert other file formats to the "Audio Stream Container" file type, you need software like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or a similar tool.


About VSR files

A .VSR file is typically a Virtual Stream Resource or game data archive used in classic titles like Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Fallout 2, or games utilizing CRI Middleware. These files function as proprietary containers designed to bundle assets - such as radio station audio, cutscene video, or level textures - specifically for efficient loading by the game engine. The primary disadvantage for users is that these are not standard media files; you cannot simply drag a .VSR file into VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player to play the music inside. They are often uncompressed or lightly compressed binary blobs that lack standard headers, making them appear corrupt to standard software. Additionally, the extension is reused by LPA VisiRule for visual logic charts and strictly proprietary CPCAM CCTV systems, adding to the confusion. For game audio, the best workflow is converting the stream to MP3 or WAV for easy listening. For archives, the goal is extracting the contents into a ZIP or folder structure to access the moddable assets within.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert VSR file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or similar software from the "Game Asset Container" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to VSR, try Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Container" category.



The VSR 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 VSR converter.