Talk:Conversion Tools

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This needs to also somehow branch into wav -> mp3 and all sorts of codec or compression discussions. -- rack

Yeah, although my guess is that most people know how to create MP3s. This is primarily for the more exotic conversion tasks. --Erik

True they know how, but few people know how to create quality mp3s. While that sort of discussion is mostly beyond the bounds of this wiki, a separate topic for that which links to existing websites which specialize in that would be useful. At any rate, that sort of stuff wouldn't go well in this topic anyway. I'll slap this on a todo list. -- rack

A test between bchunk and bin2iso on Debian GNU/Linux

Notable advantages:

• bin2iso doesn't need a .cue file; bchunk does.
• bchunk gives much more informative output; bin2iso fills the screen with dots.

File integrity:

• $ bchunk test.bin test.cue test leads to test01.iso of 613083136 bytes and a MD5sum of 5a6a0a2574b5ad0936dfa78d78f5683f.
• $ bin2iso test.bin test02.iso leads to test02.iso of 613083136 bytes and a MD5sum of 5a6a0a2574b5ad0936dfa78d78f5683f.

Thus, the result is the same. The original size was 704087664 bytes, thus there is ~12.9% space saved in this example plus a more generic, open standard is now used. Bring it on, converters! -- dpi

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Does anyone know how-to convert an Alcohol 120% image to ISO?

Try http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/ ... I haven't tested it myself but it may work. Webfork

You may try http://www.magiciso.com/ to create iso image and convert "Alcohol 120%" image to ISO

Thanks, but i meant for *NIX.

Nope. Its still a little too new for a converter of that type to have surfaced. Might keep your eye on Freshmeat. Webfork

Isobuster is a freeware Win32 tool which allows it and runs through WINE. See Conversion Tools. -- dpi

Speaking of the devil, guess what i found on Freshmeat today? MDF2ISO! -- dpi