Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your IFO file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert IFO to another file type
To convert IFO info files to another format, you need VLC media player or other Video software.
Convert a file to IFO
To convert other file formats to the "DVD Information File" file type, you need software like VLC media player or a similar tool.
About IFO files
The .IFO file format stores critical metadata for the DVD-Video standard. It acts as an index that controls navigation, chapter points, subtitle timing, and audio tracks for the associated VOB (Video Object) files on a physical disc. Common media software like VLC media player relies on the .IFO file to properly navigate the DVD menu structure. Users often struggle with .IFO files because they mistakenly assume these are actual video files. A major disadvantage of this format is that it contains zero video or audio data. Furthermore, modern smartphones, web browsers, and smart TVs do not natively support legacy DVD folder structures, making these files useless outside a dedicated optical drive or media player environment. When users attempt to convert an .IFO file to modern targets like MP4 or MKV, they actually need to transcode the entire DVD. To achieve this, ripping software like HandBrake reads the .IFO file to accurately extract the heavy video data from the VOB files. If you only possess the 12KB .IFO file, video conversion is physically impossible. Because the DVD structure is an outdated, proprietary format, standard online video converters fail to process it.
Convert.Guru analyzes your IFO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert IFO file to MP4, MKV, MP3, MOV, VOB, AVI, WMV, FLV, WEBM, M4V, 3GP or OGV, you can use VLC media player or similar software from the "DVD-Video Navigation Metadata" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to IFO, try VLC media player or another comparable tool in the "DVD-Video Navigation Metadata" category.
The IFO 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 IFO converter.