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 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.

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>