HRF Converter

Extract text from HRF files

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Drop or upload your .HRF file

Online File Converter

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How to extract text from your HRF file

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

Convert HRF to another file type

To convert your HRF file to another format, you need Dragon UnPACKer or other Game software.

HRF to JPG
HRF to PDF
HRF to PNG
HRF to GIF
HRF to BMP
HRF to TIFF
HRF to TIF
HRF to WEBP
HRF to ICO
HRF to CUR
HRF to PSD
HRF to PSB

Convert a file to HRF

To convert other file formats to the "Asset Definition" file type, you need software like Dragon UnPACKer or a similar tool.

RAW to HRF
PNG to HRF
AI to HRF
NEF to HRF
PSB to HRF
DNG to HRF
SVG to HRF
GIF to HRF
EPS to HRF
JPG to HRF
ARW to HRF
PDF to HRF

About HRF files

The .hrf filename extension represents a collision between three distinct proprietary formats, creating significant confusion for users. In most cases (approx. 64%), it is a HyperRipper filter file used by Dragon UnPACKer. These are not standard archives but rather intelligent definition files that tell the software how to scan and rip audio or texture assets from massive game containers. Users typically encounter these when trying to mod games or extract soundtracks.

However, in industrial and legacy design contexts, .hrf stands for Hitachi Raster Format - a specialized bitmap used by older CAD systems and Hitachi scanners. Unlike standard JPEGs, these raster files are often compressed in ways modern viewers like Adobe Photoshop cannot natively decode. Finally, the file may be a data export from Hattrick Organizer, containing XML-structured team statistics for the online football manager game.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Images (Hitachi): Convert to PNG or TIFF for broad compatibility using specialized legacy viewers like XnView.
For Game Assets: These cannot be "converted" in the traditional sense; they must be loaded into HyperRipper to function.
For Data (Hattrick): Open as plain text (XML) or import directly into the specific manager software.

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

Users also converted UDM, TRANS and RPGSAVE files.

The HRF 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 HRF converter.