Play VAG files in your browser
The PlayStation's own sound format, from the first console to the PS3. Play a VAG right here, loop and all, and keep it as an MP3 or WAV. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your game's sound plays the moment it opens, twice through its loop and then a fade, its whole waveform across your screen.
- Its whole waveform • Press or drag to jump
- Back and ahead 10 seconds • Half, 1.5× or double speed
- Show tags • Codec, loop, sample rate and channels
- Export • Save as MP3 or WAV
About VAG
VAG is the sound format of Sony's tools since the first PlayStation in 1994, whose sound chip plays its ADPCM itself. Games on the PS2, PSP and PS3 kept using it for voices, effects and music, and many keep their VAGs inside archives of their own.
A VAG starts with VAGp, the sound's name and its rate, then the sound in 16 byte frames of 28 samples, each frame able to mark where a loop starts and ends. It's mono, though games found ways to put stereo in it.
Filepeek plays a VAG in your browser with vgmstream, twice through its loop and then a fade, with its waveform, speeds and tags, its name among them, and Export saves it as MP3 or WAV.
PlayStation sound
.vag
Format
- MIME type
- application/octet-stream
- Made by
- Sony
- Released
- 1994
Inside the file
- Audio
- Sony's 4-bit ADPCM
- Frames
- 28 samples in 16 bytes
- Loop
- Marked in its frames
- Consoles
- PlayStation to PS3
Opens in every browser
Filepeek plays VAG files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. No browser plays them by itself.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Apps that open VAG
- Windowsfoobar2000 with vgmstream, free
- MacNo app built in plays it • vgmstream-cli, from Homebrew, turns it into a WAV
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in plays it
- AndroidNo app built in plays it • An MP3 saved here plays anywhere
Questions
How do I play a VAG file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek a VAG. It plays in your browser, twice through its loop and then a 5 second fade, the way a game loops its music.
Can I turn a VAG into an MP3?
Yes. Choose Export, then Save as MP3 or WAV, and the sound is saved as it plays here, loop and fade included.
Where does the name in Show tags come from?
A VAG's header keeps a short name for its sound, up to 16 letters, which the tool that made it wrote in.