What is a .AGC file?
An .agc file is a Google Camera (GCam) configuration - an Android shared-preferences XML of <string>, <int> and <boolean> entries that tunes a GCam port's HDR, colour and processing settings. Loaded by the GCam app to switch between community-made looks.
- Did you know
- GCam ports expose hundreds of internal tuning keys as a single shareable .agc XML, which is why swapping one config file can completely change how an Android phone's camera renders photos.
- These configs exist because the community ports Google Pixel camera app (GCam) to non-Pixel phones, backporting features such as HDR+ that were first built for the Nexus and Pixel lines.
- Prominent GCam porters such as BSG and Arnova8G2 publish device-specific configs on the XDA forums, where users load them by double-tapping beside the shutter button.
- What Analyser reads
- Inspect OS and system files: OPML subscription lists, RSS/Atom feeds, Linux .desktop launchers and systemd .service units, Apple .crash reports, Android .ab backups, Windows Task Scheduler .job, Group Policy Registry.pol, and .scr screensaver PE headers, plus identification of .DS_Store, Thumbs.db, dSYM/DWARF and shim .sdb. Scene .nfo ASCII art now opens in a CP437 viewer - see Text art above.
- Depth of analysis
- .AGC is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .AGC file
- Drag a .AGC file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.