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Summary
Name	DVD data file and backup data file
Version
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: x-fmt/419
Family
Classification
Disclosure
Description	IFO files contain DVD-Video Disc Information including headers that tell the DVD player what screen to show at startup, where each chapter starts, where audio tracks are located on the disc, etc. IFO files are accompanied by BUP files which are backups of the IFO files and therefore completely identical.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Feb 2007
Source description
Last updated	28 Aug 2012
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