FreeAmp / Zinf theme
File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file
Files with the .fat file extension are skins or themes for the FreeAmp and Zinf media players.
The files customize the players' user interface.
Found 3 different file type records with the same fat filename suffix.
File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file
Date updated: October 11, 2026
The .fat file format is associated with FreeAmp and its successor, Zinf. These freeware media players were available for Windows and Linux.
A .fat file contains a skin or theme that changes the appearance of the media player's user interface. It is a resource file used by the player rather than an audio file.
Use a .fat file through the skin or theme settings of FreeAmp or Zinf. The file is normally selected or installed as a user-interface theme rather than opened as a standalone document.
On Windows, ZipZag can also inspect or extract .fat files if they are packaged as ZIP archives.
.fat files are themes, so they do not have a useful conversion to another media or document format. A theme can generally be used only with compatible FreeAmp or Zinf software.
If the file is a ZIP archive, an archive utility can extract its contents, but extraction is not a conversion to another theme format.
Software applications that can open fat files:
Microsoft Windows
ZipZag
Software apps that extract fat files:
Microsoft Windows
ZipZag
Software apps that manage or store settings in fat files:
Multiplatform
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 12, 2026
FAT files are associated with Far Cry Primal, a first-person shooter and action-adventure game from Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows and video game consoles.
A fat file stores game data used by the software. It forms part of the game's installed data files and is not intended to be edited as a standalone file.
The same file type is also used by Ubisoft's Watch Dogs 2 for Microsoft Windows. The format is tied to these games and remains relevant primarily to their installed game files.
We do not know of a general-purpose application for manually opening or viewing this type of .fat file. Install the corresponding Windows game, such as Far Cry Primal or Watch Dogs 2, and leave the file in its original game directory so the game can access it.
.fat files are game data files, not documents intended for conversion. No standard conversion to another format is available or normally useful.
Specialized game-modding tools may work with particular files, but the original file should be retained because the game expects its supplied data format.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving fat files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 11, 2026
The fat file extension is associated with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and other Ubisoft games based on the Jade video game engine. The format is used for audio information rather than as a general-purpose audio file.
A .fat file contains information that the game uses with its audio data and other game resources. It is part of the game's internal file set and is not normally intended to be edited independently.
The format is associated with the Microsoft Windows version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, as well as Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Beyond Good & Evil. It remains a proprietary game-resource format rather than a commonly supported user format.
A .fat file is normally read automatically by the game that uses it. On Microsoft Windows, keep the file in its original game directory and run the associated installation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time or Beyond Good & Evil.
It generally cannot be opened meaningfully as a standalone document with a standard audio player or archive utility. The appropriate version of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands likewise uses its files internally on its supported platform.
There is no generally available conversion from this proprietary .fat file format to a standard audio or metadata format. The file is an internal game resource and should normally be left unchanged.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving fat files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
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