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==Conversion and Tools== | ==Conversion and Tools== | ||
If an emulator does not support MDF/MDS, the following tools can be used to convert or manipulate them: | Some MDFs out there are actually just plain ISO files. In such cases, simply changing the file extension may be enough. If an emulator does not support MDF/MDS, the following tools can be used to convert or manipulate them: | ||
* '''IsoBuster''': Can open MDF/MDS files and extract data or convert them to other formats. | * '''IsoBuster''': Can open MDF/MDS files and extract data or convert them to other formats. | ||
* '''mdf2iso''': A command-line utility for Linux/Unix to convert MDF images to standard ISO. | * '''mdf2iso''': A command-line utility for Linux/Unix to convert MDF images to standard ISO. | ||
* '''iat (Iso9660 Analyzer Tool)''': Another Linux CLI tool for detecting the structure of many types of CD-ROM image file formats, including MDF, and converting them into ISO-9660. If the <code>--iso</code> option does not produce a valid image, try <code>--cue</code> instead. | |||
* '''Alcohol 120% / 52%''': The native software for creating and burning these images. | * '''Alcohol 120% / 52%''': The native software for creating and burning these images. | ||