Editing .nfo (section)

== Software ==
The [[Home cinema|home theater]] software [[Kodi (software)|Kodi]] uses NFO files for its library.<ref>{{Cite web|title = NFO files - Kodi|url = http://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files|website = kodi.wiki|access-date = 2016-01-12}}</ref> Plex Media Server uses NFO files for match movie library. Filebot app fetch artwork and create NFO files for TV shows or movies. NFO files are also used by media managers ViMediaManager, tinyMediaManager, Ember Media Manager, CouchPotato - a usenet and torrents client, MediaElch, TV show organiser Media Companion, digital media library manager Media Center Master. An NFO plug-in is also available for [[OPUS (software)|Opus]], an open access repositories software.<ref>{{Cite web|title = NFO Viewer Plugin for Directory Opus|url = http://www.pretentiousname.com/nfo/index.html|website = www.pretentiousname.com|access-date = 2016-01-12}}</ref>

NFO files are plain text files. The simplest method to view is using a [[text editor]] and selecting a [[monospace font]] and set "US Latin" or "extended ASCII". On [[Windows 95]] using [[Microsoft Notepad]] the [[Terminal (typeface)|Terminal]] font set to 11pt usually produced a good rendering of ascii art on common [[CRT monitor|CRTs]] of the time and could be set as the default viewer NFO files. However, web browsers use an incompatible alternative encoding scheme resulting in incorrect rendering of NFO files. Also, many modern text editors often use [[proportional font]]s whereas the ASCII art included in both old and new NFO files is heavily dependent on the file being viewed with a fixed-width font. For this reason dedicated NFO viewers are available which are text editors with appropriate fonts (such as Terminus{{jargon inline|date=October 2024}}<ref name="nfoview" />) and encoding settings, automatic window size and clickable hyperlinks.<ref name="nfoview">{{cite web|url=https://otsaloma.github.io/nfoview/|title=NFO Viewer|quote=NFO Viewer is a simple viewer for NFO files, which are "ASCII" art in the CP437 codepage.|access-date=2017-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326081407/http://otsaloma.github.io/nfoview/|archive-date=2017-03-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> Additionally, online NFO viewers are also available to browse public NFO databases.