What Is an EXO File?
A file with the EXO file extension is a Video Chunk file. These files are literally pieces of a larger file that are created when an offline video is requested from a website or app hosting video streams, such as within the YouTube app on some Android devices. YouTube EXO files, specifically, are very often encrypted and compressed. Others taken from online videos might be encrypted, too. Some files using this extension might not be video files at all, but instead Motorola EXORmacs Data files. Others could be generic system files supporting some proprietary software programs.
How to Open an EXO File
The YouTube app for Android is the only way to open EXO files that are YouTube Video Chunk files. The EXO files are opened automatically with the app, without you having to do anything. The app pieces together all the different files, so that the chunks become a whole file once again, and then the app decrypts the video so it can be played back. Getting a hold of these files on a computer will do you no good, since it’s only specific applications, such as the YouTube app, that can join them together and decrypt them. It’s most likely your file is related to a video, but if not, it could be a Motorola EXORmacs Data file. These files are loaded into non-volatile memory via JTAG with Xilinx iMPACT. There’s more information about this process on the Xilinx website. If your file isn’t a text file, in which case most of the text is illegible and scrambled, you may still use a text editor like Notepad to find something within all that computer-garbage that describes what the file is. Assuming you find something interesting, you can then do some research online to see what program was used to create it.
How to Convert an EXO File
Video Chunk files are encrypted and relevant only within the context of the program or service that created it. This means you can’t convert EXO to MP4, MP3, AVI, MKV, or any other video/audio file. Convert a Motorola EXORmacs Dataan .EXO file to .MCS (Intel MCS86) using a command like this: You can read more about converting EXO to MCS in this PDF from the Xilinx website.
Still Can’t Open It?
Although their file extensions share similar letters, EXO files aren’t the same as EXE, EXR, or EX4 files. Another one that closely resembles those is EX01, used by OpenText EnCase Forensic. If you’re trying to open one of those files instead, access those links to learn more about the program you need on your computer.
Can you open EXO files on a computer? No. Since it is a YouTube Video Chunk file for Android, EXO files cannot be opened on a computer.What happens if I delete EXO files? If you delete EXO files, you will no longer be able to play the videos you downloaded from YouTube.
