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IFO

DVD movie information file format

File type: Settings, options, themes or skins file

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

Found 6 different file type records with the same ifo filename suffix.

.ifo (1)

What is ifo file?

File type category:
Settings, options, themes or skins file

Date updated: July 13, 2025

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.

How to open ifo file?

You can use any multimedia player, that supports DVD playback, such as Windows Media Player, PowerDVD, NERO to open the *.ifo files.

The *.ifo files contain only information about chapters, location of audio or location of subtitle stream. They do not contain the actual video data.

How to convert ifo file?

It is unlikely that you can convert *.ifo files to anything else.

Suggested software to open ifo file:

VLC media player

VLC media player for Mac

Associated software actions with the ifo file

.ifo (2)

ANNO 2070 configuration data

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: August 15, 2019

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.

How to open ifo file?

Use any text editor to view content of *.ifo files.

How to convert ifo file?

These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.

Suggested software to open ifo file:

ANNO 2070

Associated software actions with the ifo file

Other actions

Software applications that handle other tasks involving ifo files:

ANNO 2070 (Microsoft Windows)

.ifo (3)

BioWare Aurora game engine information

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: March 23, 2018

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.

How to open ifo file?

You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.

How to convert ifo file?

These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.

Suggested software to open ifo file:

Neverwinter Nights

Associated software actions with the ifo file

Other actions

Software applications that handle other tasks involving ifo files:

Neverwinter Nights (Microsoft Windows)

.ifo (4)

ImageForge Pro graphic object layer data file

File type category:
Graphics file

Date updated: October 7, 2010

File extension used by ImageForge graphic software.

Suggested software to open ifo file:

ImageForge Pro

Associated software actions with the ifo file

Other actions

Software applications that handle other tasks involving ifo files:

ImageForge Pro (Microsoft Windows)

.ifo (5)

Info file

File type category:
Document file

Date updated: December 31, 2024

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.

How to open ifo file?

Try to use any text editor to view content of information files.

How to convert ifo file?

Possibly can be converted like any other text files.

Suggested software to open ifo file:

NotePad++ text editor

Associated software actions with the ifo file

Open

Software applications that can open ifo files:

NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)

Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)

PSPad (Microsoft Windows)

Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Edit

Software applications that can edit ifo files:

NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)

Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)

PSPad (Microsoft Windows)

Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)

Save

Software capable of saving ifo files:

NotePad++ text editor (Microsoft Windows)

Sublime Text (Microsoft Windows)

PSPad (Microsoft Windows)

Sublime Text for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Sublime Text for Linux (Linux/Unix)

.ifo (6)

ROSE Online map data

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: May 30, 2011

The IFO file extension is associated with the Korean MMORPG game called ROSE.

The .ifo files contain map data.

Suggested software to open ifo file:

ROSE Online

Associated software actions with the ifo file

Other actions

Software applications that handle other tasks involving ifo files:

ROSE Online (Microsoft Windows)