Visual Studio Content Installer data
File type: Archive and compressed file
A vsi file extension is related to the Visual Studio Content Installer file format used by Microsoft Visual Studio Installer.
Found 4 different file type records with the same vsi filename suffix.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: July 9, 2018
The vsi file extension is associated with the Visual Studio Content Installer.
Visual Studio content installer file - Visual Studio installation package that may contain starter kits, item templates, controls, code snippets, add-ins, or other types of files. It is used for exchanging Visual Studio content within the developer community. It is also referred to as a "community component."
A vsi file is a renamed .zip file that contains these components:
The Visual Studio Content Installer uses .vsi files to install shared content to the correct location.
The VSI format does not support uploading to Visual Studio Gallery, or writing to the GAC or the system registry. However, you can use it to deploy macros, add-ins, and code snippets, which the VSIX format does not support.
Use Microsoft Visual Studio Installer to open *.vsi files.
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 23, 2026
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
Blake Stone was a first-person shooter published by Apogee Software for Microsoft MS-DOS. It uses a version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine, which creates a three-dimensional perspective from a two-dimensional map by using raycasting.
The vsi file stores game resources in the GameMaps format developed by id Software. It is a game-specific data file used with the other files that make up a Blake Stone installation.
The format is obsolete and is not normally used by modern games or software.
On Microsoft MS-DOS, Blake Stone reads VSI files as part of its game data. To inspect or modify the file, use TED5, the MS-DOS editor associated with this format.
Modern systems may require an MS-DOS environment or emulator to run these programs.
The VSI format is specific to the Blake Stone game data system, so it cannot be meaningfully converted to a common file format.
TED5 can modify the game data, but this does not provide a general-purpose export to another format.
Software applications that can open vsi files:
Microsoft MS-DOS
Software apps that create vsi files:
Microsoft MS-DOS
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vsi files:
Microsoft MS-DOS
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: August 11, 2019
The vsi file extension is originally associated with ratDVD application. ratDVD provides a way to encode a complete, full featured DVD in one file.
ratDVD takes a full featured DVD-9 movie and puts it into a highly compressed RATDVD container format file of about 1.x GB in size while preserving all the features of the original DVD.
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Audio and sound file
Date updated: October 30, 2026
The VSI file extension is associated with VSampler, audio sampling software developed by MAZ Sound Tools for Microsoft Windows.
A VSI file contains the saved data for one instrument, allowing VSampler to reopen the instrument with its sampler settings and other associated instrument information.
VSI is a proprietary format tied to VSampler rather than a general-purpose audio format. Files are therefore mainly encountered in older VSampler projects and are normally used with the Windows version of the software.
Open the VSI file in VSampler on Microsoft Windows. Use the program's file-open or instrument-load command to load the saved instrument.
If VSampler is not installed, the file may not be usable in another audio program because VSI is a format specific to VSampler.
To create another format, open the VSI file in VSampler and use an export option provided by the installation, if available.
Software applications that can open vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
VSampler
Software applications that can edit vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
VSampler
Software capable of saving vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
VSampler
Software apps that create vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
VSampler
Software applications that handle other tasks involving vsi files:
Microsoft Windows
VSampler
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