It’s not meant to be read as plain text. Attempting to open it in a text editor will show garbled or non‑human‑readable characters.

strings fg-optional-mp-video.bin That will extract any sequences of printable characters.

(like video or media data), it’s likely a container for proprietary multimedia, and you’d need to know the source device or application (e.g., “FG” could stand for FlightGear, a game, or hardware firmware). Without more context, no meaningful “useful text” can be guaranteed.

(e.g., debug strings, metadata, or file signatures), you can use: