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NAME

6       bchunk - CD image format conversion from bin/cue to iso/cdr
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SYNOPSIS

9       bchunk [-v] [-p] [-r] [-w] [-s] <image.bin> <image.cue> <basename>
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DESCRIPTION

12       bchunk converts a CD image in a ".bin / .cue" format (sometimes ".raw /
13       .cue") to a set of .iso and .cdr tracks.
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15       The bin/cue format is used by some non-Unix cd-writing software, but is
16       not supported on most other cd-writing programs.
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18       image.bin  is  the raw cd image file. image.cue is the track index file
19       containing track types and offsets.  basename is used for the beginning
20       part of the created track files.
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22       The  produced  .iso  track  contains  an  ISO file system, which can be
23       mounted through a loop device on Linux systems, or written  on  a  CD-R
24       using  cdrecord.   The  .cdr  tracks are in the native CD audio format.
25       They can be either written on a CD-R using  cdrecord  -audio,  or  con‐
26       verted to WAV (or any other sound format for that matter) using sox.
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28       It  is  advisable  to  edit  the .cue file to either MODE2/2352/2048 or
29       MODE2/2352/2324 depending on whether an ISO  filesystem  or  a  VCD  is
30       desired, respectively.  The format itself does not contain this feature
31       and in an ambiguous case it can only guess.
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OPTIONS

34       -v        Makes binchunker print some more unnecessary messages,  which
35                 should not be of interest for anyone.
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37       -w        Makes binchunker write audio tracks in WAV format.
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39       -s        Makes  binchunker  swap  byte  order  in the samples of audio
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42       -p        Makes binchunker go into PSX  mode  and  truncate  MODE2/2352
43                 tracks to 2336 bytes at offset 0 instead of normal 2048 bytes
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46       -r        Makes binchunker output MODE2/2352 tracks in raw format, from
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FILES

50       image.bin
51            Raw CD image file
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54            TOC (Track index, Table Of Contents) file
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57            Tracks in ISO9660 CD filesystem format. Can be either written on a
58            CD-R using cdrecord, or mounted  (on  Linux  platforms  at  least)
59            through   a   loop   device   ('mount   track.iso   /mnt/cdrom  -o
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62       *.cdr
63            Audio tracks in native CD audio format. They can be either written
64            on  a  CD-R  using  'cdrecord -audio', or converted to WAV (or any
65            other sound format for that  matter)  using  sox  ('sox  track.cdr
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68       *.wav
69            Audio tracks in WAV format.
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SEE ALSO

72       cdrecord(1), mkisofs(8), sox(1), cdrdao(1)
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AUTHORS

75       Heikki Hannikainen <hessu@hes.iki.fi>
76       Bob Marietta <marietrg@SLU.EDU>
77       Colas Nahaboo <Colas@Nahaboo.com>
78       Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu>
79       Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
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83Heikki Hannikainen            v1.2.0 29 Jun 2004                     BCHUNK(1)
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