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BCHUNK(1)		    General Commands Manual		     BCHUNK(1)

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

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

DESCRIPTION
       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 con-
       verted 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  de-
       sired,  respectively.   The format itself does not contain this feature
       and in an ambiguous case	it can only guess.

OPTIONS
       -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.

FILES
       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.

SEE ALSO
       cdrecord(1), mkisofs(8),	sox(1),	cdrdao(1)

AUTHORS
       Heikki Hannikainen <hessu@hes.iki.fi>
       Bob Marietta <marietrg@SLU.EDU>
       Colas Nahaboo <Colas@Nahaboo.com>
       Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu>
       Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>

Heikki Hannikainen	      v1.2.2 14	Nov 2017		     BCHUNK(1)

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