All about IRD Files

The IRD file type is primarily associated with PS3 ISO Rebuilder.

IRD	File extension: IRD
	File type:	compressed archive

What is an IRD file?

IRD files mostly belong to PS3 ISO Rebuilder. IRD files serve different technical roles. The largest group are PlayStation 3 game dumps that act as compressed disc images using the GZIP format.

Game Data: These files are used to store PS3 game discs. They work with tools such as IRISMAN and PS3 ISO Rebuilder. More details can be found at PS3 Dev Wiki.

Other IRD files include:

Roofing App Data: A small portion use the ZIP format to hold data for the iRoofing App.

Firmware Updates: Some are designed as firmware upgrade files or compressed update packages for set-top boxes.

Scientific Measurements: A few files carry irradiance, infrared spectral, or radioactivity data used by instruments from companies like Ocean Optics SpectraSuite and Nicolet Omnic.

FilExt.com note: This variety means that the same extension can require different tools depending on its origin.

How to open an IRD file

You need a suitable software like PS3 ISO Rebuilder to open an IRD file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your IRD file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a IRD file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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IRD format details:

If you know the file format, you can also find out how to open or edit the file. The file format can be determined based on the file extension and the signature (the first few characters of a file). Nonetheless, different programs can utilize the same file extension to represent distinct file formats. Double-clicking on the file often results in an error when opening. Exact knowledge of the format is therefore important in order to solve problems occurring in files. Our evaluation of the IRD files is as follows:

You will often come across the IRD file type. This is used by different programs with different formats. However, the following two file formats are common:

• 50% of all IRD files save the data in GZIP file format. Gzip is a compressed archive file format. Gzip (GNU zip) is only capable of compressing a single file. They consist of illegible, cryptic characters. IRD files are between 7 KB and 330 KB in size. The file type was developed only in the last few years. Files like these have the following tags: bles, blus, bces, europe, bcas, bcus, edition and bljm.
• 4% of all IRD files use the ZIP algorithm, so several files are compressed and saved in one IRD file. The average file count is 7 with most IRD files containing between 4 - 16 compressed files. File names inside are always data.dat, \Contracts\, \Prop\ and \Sim\. You can see the included files and images by renaming the file extension to .zip and then double-clicking it. IRD files are between 100 KB and 19 MB in size. The following keywords are characteristic: Drawinds. These files are often associated with florida, golden, beach and texas, and have person-related content.

All the rest of the IRD files (46%) have different formats, often, for example, PS3 ISO Rebuild Data, PHE and Channel. Files like these are sometimes linked to patch, icone, xcruiser, openbox, xdsr or loader. Just click the "Choose your .ird file to analyze" button on this page to find out what your IRD file is.