GSM file format description

Many people share .gsm files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .gsm file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .gsm files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.gsm - GSM Audio File

The GSM audio files are related to QuickTime Player. GSM file is a GSM Audio File. GSM is a very practical format for telephone quality voice. It makes a good compromise between file size and quality. Note that wav files can also be encoded with the gsm codec.

Application:

QuickTime Player

Category:

Audio files

Mime-type:

audio/x-gsm

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

GSM Audio File related extensions:

.xwv: Valve Xbox360 Audio Data
.orc: Voyetra Digital Orchestrator Pro Song
.mld: MFi Phone Ringtone
.mmf: SMAF Audio
.shn: Shorten Compressed Audio
.vb: Sony Playstation Wave Bank Body

Naturally, other applications may also use the .gsm file extension. Even harmful programs can create .gsm files. Be especially cautious with .gsm files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .gsm file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.gsm

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .gsm file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

bsm, gsh, tsm, vsm, sm, nsm, gxm, gsn, gms, gem, ysm, fsm, rsm, hsm, gwm

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.bsm: Bioshock Map Data
.tsm: TwinCAT System Manager Configuration
.tsm: TINA Subcircuit Macro
.gsh: GenStat Spreadsheet
.nsm: NESticle Movie
.gsk: GSAK Macro File

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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