Play STR files in your browser
The full motion video format of the first PlayStation's games. Play an STR right here, and keep it as MP4. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your video starts playing the moment it opens, sized to fit your screen.
- Plays at once, sized to fit
- Play and pause • Drag the timeline
- Step frame by frame • Change the speed
- Export • Save as MP4 or MOV
About STR
PlayStation games of the 1990s streamed their full motion video from the disc as .str files, which the console's MDEC chip decoded as they came.
An STR holds MDEC frames, much like MPEG-1's, in whole CD sectors, usually with CD-ROM XA ADPCM sound between them, at 15 or 30 frames a second.
Filepeek decodes it with FFmpeg inside your browser, picture and sound, and Export saves an MP4 that plays on anything.
PlayStation STR video
.str
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Sony
- Released
- 1994
Inside the file
- Video
- MDEC
- Audio
- CD-ROM XA ADPCM
- Made by
- PlayStation games
- Made for
- Full motion video
Opens in every browser
Filepeek decodes STR with FFmpeg in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. No browser plays it by itself.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Apps that open STR
- WindowsjPSXdec, free, which also converts them • mpv plays them
- MacjPSXdec, free • mpv plays them
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in plays it
- AndroidNo app built in plays it • An MP4 saved here does
Questions
Why won't my STR play?
Copied off the disc as an ordinary file, an STR loses the sector headers its frames and sound are found by. Rip it as raw 2352 byte sectors, as jPSXdec and CD rippers can, and it plays.
Does the sound play?
Yes. Its XA ADPCM sound decodes along with the picture.
Can I convert it to MP4?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as MP4.