bchunk - CD image format conversion from bin/cue to iso/cdr
bchunk [-v] [-p] [-r] [-w] [-s] <image.bin> <image.cue>
<basename>
bchunk converts a CD image in a ".bin / .cue" format (sometimes
".raw / .cue") to a set of .iso and .cdr tracks.
The bin/cue format is used by some non-Unix cd-writing software, but is not
supported on most other cd-writing programs.
image.bin is the raw cd image file. image.cue is the track index file containing
track types and offsets. basename is used for the beginning part of the
created track files.
The produced .iso track contains an ISO file system, which can be mounted
through a loop device on Linux systems, or written on a CD-R using cdrecord.
The .cdr tracks are in the native CD audio format. They can be either written
on a CD-R using cdrecord ‐audio, or converted to WAV (or any other
sound format for that matter) using sox.
The output type depends on the input type (data is just copied). If the input is
in ISO format, the output will be. On the other hand, if the input is raw
audio data, the output will be CDR or WAV (the latter if ‐w is given).
It is advisable to edit the .cue file to either MODE2/2352/2048 or
MODE2/2352/2324 depending on whether an ISO filesystem or a VCD is desired,
respectively. The format itself does not contain this feature and in an
ambiguous case it can only guess.
- -v
- Makes binchunker print some more unnecessary messages,
which should not be of interest for anyone.
- -w
- Makes binchunker write audio tracks in WAV format.
- -s
- Makes binchunker swap byte order in the samples of audio
tracks.
- -p
- Makes binchunker go into PSX mode and truncate MODE2/2352
tracks to 2336 bytes at offset 0 instead of normal 2048 bytes at offset
24. Use this option if input is in PSX mode.
- -r
- Makes binchunker output MODE2/2352 tracks in raw format,
from offset 0 for 2352 bytes. Good for MPEG/VCD. Use this option if input
is in raw format.
- image.bin
- Raw CD image file
- image.cue
- TOC (Track index, Table Of Contents) file
- *.iso
- Tracks in ISO9660 CD filesystem format. Can be either
written on a CD-R using cdrecord, or mounted (on Linux platforms at least)
through a loop device ('mount track.iso /mnt/cdrom ‐o
loop=/dev/loop0,blocksize=1024').
- *.cdr
- Audio tracks in native CD audio format. They can be either
written on a CD-R using 'cdrecord ‐audio', or converted to WAV (or
any other sound format for that matter) using sox ('sox track.cdr
track.wav').
- *.wav
- Audio tracks in WAV format.
cdrecord(1),
mkisofs(8),
sox(1),
cdrdao(1)
Heikki Hannikainen <
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Bob Marietta <
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Colas Nahaboo <
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Godmar Back <
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Matthew Green <
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