XWB Converter

Extract text from XWB files

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How to extract text from your XWB file

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

Convert XWB to another file type

To convert your XWB file to another format, you need Microsoft XACT or other Game software.

Convert a file to XWB

To convert other file formats to the "Audio Archive" file type, you need software like Microsoft XACT or a similar tool.

About XWB files

The .XWB file format, known as a Microsoft XACT Wave Bank, is a specialized audio container used extensively in PC and Xbox video game development. Designed for the Microsoft DirectSound system via the Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT), these files bundle hundreds or thousands of sound effects, music tracks, and voiceovers into a single efficient archive to reduce game loading times.

Why Convert .XWB Files?

Users typically encounter these files when attempting to extract game soundtracks or sound effects from titles built on the XNA Game Studio or DirectX frameworks. The main constraints include:

Proprietary Container: Standard media players like VLC Media Player or Windows Media Player cannot play .XWB files because they are not single audio streams but compressed banks of multiple files.
Complex Compression: The internal audio data is often encoded in ADPCM or xWMA formats, requiring specific decoding algorithms to be audible.
Inaccessible Assets: To use the audio for video editing, archiving, or personal listening, the bank must be parsed and exploded into individual playable formats.

Best Conversion Targets

For Editing & Listening (WAV): Converting extracted streams to PCM WAV ensures the highest quality preservation of the original game audio for use in Audacity or digital audio workstations.
For Storage & Sharing (MP3): If you extracted a large soundtrack, converting the resulting files to MP3 significantly reduces file size for personal playlists.
For Archives (OGG): OGG Vorbis is a common target for game modding communities looking to repack assets.

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

Users also converted XSB, XGS, XNB, WAV, MP3, XMA, PCAPNG, APK, PKG, SIG and JPG files.

FAQ

If you want to convert XWB file to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, OGG, WMA, M4A, AIFF, OPUS, ALAC, APE or WV, you can use Microsoft XACT or similar software from the "Game Audio Storage" 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 XWB, try Microsoft XACT or another comparable tool in the "Game Audio Storage" category.

The XWB 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 XWB converter.