Open IFO file

The most commonly used .ifo file type: DVD movie information file format

What is ifo file? Understanding and opening ifo files

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.ifo file type #1: DVD movie information file format

Files with ifo extension are mainly used for information files on DVDs, that contain data about chapters, location of audio tracks or subtitles.

Further details

File extension ifo is associated with DVD information data files.

The ifo files give the media player important navigational information, like where a chapter starts, where a certain audio or subtitle stream is located, etc. This is the reason why it's only possible to rip certain parts of a movie (like a chapter) with a ripper which can read this files.

Also, ifo files are not encrypted.

The ifo file is always accompanied by a vro file, which contains the actual video data. This file type can be opened by most DVD players.

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.ifo file type #2: ANNO 2070 configuration data

An ifo file extension is associated with the ANNO 2070 configuration data.

Further details

The ifo file extension is related to the ANNO 2070, an economical simulation, city building and real-time strategic video game for Microsoft Windows.

The ifo file stores some kind of configuration data.

The ifo files are stored in RDA game data archives.

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ANNO 2070

City building computer game from the popular ANNO franchise

.ifo file type #3: BioWare Aurora game engine information

An ifo file extension is related to the Aurora, a video gaming engine developed by BioWare for Neverwinter Nights game etc.

Further details

The ifo file extension is associated with Aurora game engine, developed by Bioware for use in its games, such as famous NeverWinter Nights.

The ifo file is a module Information file. Every NWN module (.MOD or .NWM), or savegame (.SAV) is an Encapsulated Resource File (ERF) that contains an IFO file called "module.ifo".

The IFO file type is in BioWare's Generic File Format (GFF). Many of the GFF Fields in an IFO file make references to 2-Dimensional Array (2DA) files.

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Neverwinter Nights

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.ifo file type #4: Info file

An ifo file extension is related to the information files.

Further details

The ifo file extension is very often used for application info files.

The ifo file is often stored in simple text file format and it is viewable with any text editor or word processor.

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NotePad++ text editor

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