3GP

Writable

audio

An audiovisual container typically associated with 3G mobile phones and is developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project. May contain video/audio or audio only.

Identify it

Extensions	`.3gp.3gpp`
MIME types	`video/3gppaudio/3gpp`
Signatures	`667479703367` at byte 4 (3GPP Audio/Video File)
PRONOM	`fmt/357`
Wikidata	`Q27863097`

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Open it

AndroidOpen sourcereads and writes · Apache Software License 2.0 / GNU General Public License, version 2.0
FFmpegOpen sourcereads and writes · LGPL-2.1-or-later / GPL-2.0-or-later
Apache TikaOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
GStreamerOpen sourcereads · GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0 or later
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Q50938515Open sourcereads · GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later
VLC media playerOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads · ImageMagick License
OpenPuffOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
xineOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Awave Studioreads and writes
Creator NXT 2reads and writes
NVivowrites · proprietary license
Pinnacle Studio 17 Ultimatereads and writes
Q207902reads and writes · proprietary license
VideoStudio X7writes
Adobe Acrobat 9 Proreads and writes
VideoStudio Pro X5reads and writes
Adobe Captivatereads
Adobe Photoshop Albumreads
Adobe Premiere Proreads · proprietary license
Final Cut Pro Xreads · proprietary license
Movavi Video Editorreads · proprietary license
SonicStagereads · freeware
Veblrreads
Windows Media Player, version 12reads
YouTubereads · end-user license agreement
YouTube Appreads · end-user license agreement / proprietary license
YouTube Space Rioreads
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
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.

Sources

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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