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3GP and 3G2

Writable

other

file format families

Identify it

Extensions	`.3g2.3gp.3gpp.3gpp2`
Signatures	`0000001466747970336770` at byte 0 `0000002066747970336770` at byte 0
Wikidata	`Q229762`

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FFmpegOpen sourcereads and writes · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads · ImageMagick License
OpenPuffOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
xineOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Adobe Acrobat 9 Proreads and writes
VideoStudio Pro X5reads and writes
VideoStudio X7reads and writes
Adobe After Effectsreads · proprietary license
aTube Catcherreads
EZ CD Audio Converterreads
Freemake Video Converterreads · freeware
MAXQDAreads · proprietary license
Media Player (Windows 11)reads
Microsoft Photosreads · Microsoft end-user license agreement
NVivoreads · proprietary license
PhotoModelerreads · proprietary license
Xilisoft Video Converter 3reads

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.3g2 out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.3g2 out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) 1.2.1	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.flac` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
Waveform Audio	FFmpeg	Partial	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.wav` Audio track only: the video is dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.3g2 out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.3g2 out.jpg` Lossy compression.
Matroska 1-4	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.mkv` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
MPEG 1/2 Audio Layer 3	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.mp3` Lossy re-encoding.
MPEG-4 Part 14	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.mp4` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
Ogg	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.ogg` Lossy re-encoding.
WebM	FFmpeg	Lossy	`ffmpeg -i in.3g2 out.webm` Re-encoded with lossy codecs by default; try `-c copy` to remux without re-encoding when the codecs fit the container.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.3g2 out.webp` Lossy compression.

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Versions and variants (2)

3GPWritable
3GPP2 file formatReadable

Sources

Wikidata Q229762

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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