FOF Converter

Extract text from Fortec Star video recordings (FOF)


Drop or upload your .FOF file
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How to extract text from your FOF file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FOF file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FOF to another file type

To convert FOF recordings to another format, you need VLC media player or other Video software.

Convert a file to FOF

To convert other file formats to the "PVR Recording" file type, you need software like VLC media player or a similar tool.


About FOF files

Most users encounter the .fof file extension when accessing the storage drive of a Fortec Star digital satellite receiver. In this context, the file represents a scheduled video recording. While the content inside is often standard digital video (similar to an MPEG Transport Stream), the proprietary .fof extension acts as a digital lock, preventing native playback on standard operating systems like Windows or macOS. Users often find themselves unable to open these recordings in default players like Windows Media Player. To make these files usable - whether for editing, sharing, or archiving - the most pragmatic workflow is converting them to a universally supported container like MP4 (for web and mobile) or MKV (to preserve multiple audio/subtitle tracks). In rarer cases (approx. 9%), this file may be a video stream URL list used by live streaming platforms like AliExpress or Flitto Live, acting as a playlist rather than a media container.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FOF file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted 3GPP, H264 and AIFF files.


FAQ

If you want to convert FOF file to , you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "Satellite Video Recording" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to FOF, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "Satellite Video Recording" category.



The FOF Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FOF converter.