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 Fortec Star PVR or other Video software.

Convert a file to FOF

To convert other file formats to the "PVR Recording or URL List" file type, you need software like Fortec Star PVR or a similar tool.


About FOF files

The .FOF file format is primarily used as a proprietary scheduled video recording file by Fortec Star satellite receivers. When a user records live TV using the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) function, the receiver writes the broadcast stream to an external drive, using the .FOF file to wrap or index the video data. Alternatively, .FOF files function as video stream URL lists for platforms like AliExpress Live and the Flitto Live app to manage active broadcasting streams. Some legacy systems also associated this extension with Flash video objects played via QuickTime Player. The main disadvantage of the .FOF format is its heavily restricted, proprietary nature. If generated by a satellite receiver, the file is locked to the original hardware. It usually contains raw MPEG Transport Stream data (TS) wrapped in a custom header or encrypted at the hardware level, making it unplayable in standard media players. Stream URL lists are often plaintext files containing temporary server tokens that expire quickly. You cannot simply open these files on a standard PC without specialized software. Converting a .FOF video recording directly requires demuxing the stream. The best target formats are standard video containers like MP4 or MKV, or raw TS to preserve the original broadcast quality. For URL list variations, converting to TXT or M3U is recommended. Because .FOF is a closed, proprietary format, standard online converters fail to process it. They misinterpret the proprietary hardware headers or cannot handle the hardware encryption. Just drag and drop your .FOF file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. convert.guru will analyze the binary signature to determine if it is a text-based stream list or an extractable video stream, maximizing your chances of recovery.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert FOF file to , you can use Fortec Star PVR or similar software from the "Video Recording & Stream Index" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to FOF, try Fortec Star PVR or another comparable tool in the "Video Recording & Stream Index" 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.