ACM files: what are they and how do I open them?
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.acm file type #1: ACM compressed sound
Files with acm file extension could be in the past found as audio files in various computer games, including the acclaimed Fallout, Baldur's Gate or American Civil War.
Further details:
The acm file extension seems to have been primarily related to an audio format featured in several computer games, including Fallout, Baldur's Gate or American Civil War.
Probably related to now obsolete Audio Compression Manager (ACM), which was a Windows multimedia framework for management of audio codecs (compressor/de-compressors). It was replaced by DirectX and its DirectShow component.
It seems there were several versions of this format and not all programs that support ACM may support all of the formats. Especially dedicated converters for game music usually just work for a specific game.
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Fallout
Turn-based RPG computer game
Baldur's Gate
Famous computer role-playing game from BioWare
.acm file type #2: Adobe Photoshop command button file
The acm file extension is related to the Adobe Photoshop a photo editing tool.
Further details:
The acm file extension is associated with Adobe Photoshop a digital photo and picture image editing tool for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X operating systems.
The acm file stores command button settings.
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Adobe Photoshop
One of the best bitmap graphic editing program
Adobe Photoshop for Mac
Mac version of popular digital image editor
.acm file type #3: Visual SourceSafe module
An acm file extension is related to the Visual SourceSafe a source control software package oriented towards small software development projects. A .acm file stores module.
Further details:
The acm file extension is associated with the Visual SourceSafe application package developed by Microsoft.
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) is a source control software package oriented towards small software development projects. Like most source control systems, SourceSafe creates a virtual library of computer files. While most commonly used for source code, SourceSafe can actually handle any type of file in its database, but prior versions have been shown to be unstable when confronted with large amounts of non-textual data (images, binary executables, etc).
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Visual SourceSafe
A source control software by Microsoft