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bchunk

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Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · ISO Creation Software7.7 (#12)6.5 (#27)
PlatformsThe README lists successful compilation on Linux, Solaris, Digital Unix, SGI IRIX, and Mac OS X, and says it should compile on any decent ANSI C system.Windows

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bchunk

  • bchunkFree

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bchunk

bchunk is a free command-line utility that converts CD images and tracks. It accepts a .bin image, a .cue index containing track types and offsets, and an output basename. BIN/CUE and RAW/CUE inputs can produce ISO or CDR output. The -w option writes audio tracks as WAV files, while -s changes the byte order of audio samples. For MODE2/2352 tracks, -p handles PlayStation mode by outputting 2336 bytes from offset 0; -r writes raw 2352-byte data from offset 0. The README identifies the program as binchunker version 1.2.2 and describes compiling with make and installing with make install. Its changelog records fixes for a heap-based buffer overflow and a null access violation and crash caused by malformed CUE files. bchunk runs on Linux and macOS, is released under the GNU GPL version 2 or later, and has no GitHub releases listed.

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