mdf to bin or iso

[austinsanity]

i was just wondering how you wud go about converting a mdf file to a bin or iso file...mainly for purposes of emulation...see its really strange, some mdf files will load fine into epsxe but some wont....currently im on wipeout and the mdf file wont play...i've tried converting it in winiso and isobuster but regardless it still wont load...any help would b greatly appreciated

[ncxtreme]

Mount it with Daemon tools then use ISObuster to create the .bin or .iso

[austinsanity]

can't winiso convert to iso from any file type tho? i kno ive done it b4 it just isnt working this time...it goes to 99% and says "cannot read from source file"

[ncxtreme]

I don't know anything about winiso, but if it's not working try the Daemon Tools trick....I'ts worth a shot

[polobunny]

I don't know anything about winiso, but if it's not working try the Daemon Tools trick....I'ts worth a shot

Ditto.

[Mikey_]

you can also convert them using alcohol 120%

[Das98]

There's a guide by Zorlon to convert images to .bin format using ISOBuster. http://forums.emuparadise.org/showthread.php?t=40611
You'll also want to create a cue with ISOBuster.



You don't need to use DAEMON Tools when when converting an image of a different format to .bin(just ISOBuster).

When playing ISOs in ePSXe if the CD image contains additional audio tracks(many games do) you'll want to use DAEMON Tools 3.47(versions past 3.47 don't support analog audio) to mount the .cue for .bin images, the .ccd for .img images or the .mds for .mdf images and enable analog audio in the DAEMON Tools options so that no audio is missing when playing the game. Then you have to select the DAEMON Tools virtual drive in your CDRom plugin and choose Run CDROM in ePSXe.

[SegNin]

You also shouldn't use WinISO to convert other PSX CD image formats to ISO, because WinISO breaks STR and XA (movie and audio) files.

[Zorlon]

There's something else I have said time and time again.

WinISO, MagicISO and all other variations mess up XA based media files (ISObuster is not one of those), so thats not only your xa sound files but xa sound file containers like xam files that contains lots of xa files (a bit like comparing a single to an album) and the fmv files in str format, str's being another xa format.

[luke66]

better convert to mdf and use virtual drive like daemon

[austinsanity]

well got daemon tools and everythings fine now, thanks everybody

[error404]

UltraISO another one for convert images
very good

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[Zorlon]

UltraISO is the same as MagicISO and WinISO it will screw up any XA based files that most PSX games use

Never use UltraISO, MagicISO or WInISO for PSX CD Images infact there are prolly more progs like those aswell plus they do not have a free version unlike ISOBuster

The above mentioned Daemon tools method should work just fine though that was already used (making sure analog audio is enabled, depends on the OS/CD Burning or CD Image software aswell)