file extension CUE

What is BlindWrite:

Blindwrite, your ultimate game copy software back up tool! BlindWrite extracts all the characteristics of your media to your harddrive to reproduce a working copy of your media. It allows you to protect your investments against damage caused by children, scratches or by frequent use. Your personal CD or DVD backups can even be run directly from your computer using a virtual drive (i.e. Daemon Tools). Blind write's Game Copy Software supports a large number of formats and is regularly updated to support the latest technology. Combined with CopyToDVD, it is a complete set of software for all your backup needs: data files, 1:1 CD/DVD backups, audio CDs from music files and DVD movies. A must-have!

Blind Write supports all popular CD/DVD writers and handles every available DVD format (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R Double Layer, DVD-R Dual Layer).

Alcohol 120%, is a powerful Windows application that makes it easy to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. In addition, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.

Home users make backup copies of their game CDs and movie DVDs*, allowing the kids to treat multimedia disks roughly, without destroying their value.

Librarians and school administrators use Alcohol 120% to archive their institutions' collections of recordable media, protecting themselves against the daily wear and tear that damages discs.

Business users use Alcohol 120% to make duplicate backup copies of software titles, ensuring that they will continue to have access to their licensed software, even if their physical CDs become damaged and unusable.

With Alcohol 120%, you no longer have to worry about CDs or DVDs* getting lost, stolen, or damaged. Duplicate discs work just like the originals, and your entire collection can be archived safely.

Rescue lost files from a bad or trashed CD or DVD or a Blu Ray disc (e.g. BD or HD DVD). Save important documents, precious pictures or video from the family, your only system backup, ... IsoBuster can do it all !

IsoBuster is a highly specialized yet easy to use optical media data recovery tool. It supports all optical disc formats and all common optical disc file-systems. Start up IsoBuster, Insert a disc, select the drive (if not selected already) and let IsoBuster mount the media. IsoBuster immediately shows you all the tracks and sessions located on the media, combined with all file-systems that are present. This way you get easy access, just like explorer, to all the files and folders per file-system. Instead of being limited to one file-system that the OS picks for you, you have access to "the complete picture". Access data from older sessions, access data that your OS (e.g. Windows) does not see or hides from you etc.

IsoBuster full feature list:

• Data recovery from all possible CD, DVD and Blu Ray (BD & HD DVD) formats :
  CD-i, VCD, SVCD, SACD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-MRW, ... DVD-ROM, DVCD, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+MRW, DVD+R Dual Layer, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+RW Dual Layer, DVD+VR, DVD+VRW, DVD-VR, DVD-VRW, DVD-VM, DVD-VFR, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-R SRM, BD-R RRM, BD-R SRM+POW, BD-R SRM-POW, BDAV, BDMV HD DVD-ROM, HD DVD-R, HD DVD-R DL, HD DVD-RW, HD DVD-RW DL, HD DVD-RAM, HD DVD-Video, ... and many more...
• All device access, media access, data gathering and interpretation is done exclusively by the software. It does not rely on Windows to provide or interpret the data and so can work completely independent from Windows' limitations.
• Better Error handling and several retry-mechanisms to aid you in getting the data anyway.
• The use of both generic and alternative ways to get to the data, get the best out of your CD/DVD-ROM drive.
• The use of primary and secondary file-systems to get to the data and/or make use of file system data that might be ignored or ‘forgotten’ by popular OS. Explore the alternatives.
• CDs stay 'readable' after problems (such as Buffer Under-run, ...)
• Read / Extraction from open sessions.
• All sessions, including older ones, are accessible and can be recovered.
• Supports mounting several virtual sessions inside a single DVD+RW or DVD-RW track
• Read and Extraction of files, CD/DVD images, tracks and sessions from all optical media.
• Scanning for lost UDF files and folders.
• Scanning for lost ISO9660 / Joliet sessions.
• Scanning for files based on their file-signature
• Scanning for IFO / BUP / VOB file-systems on VIDEO and AUDIO DVDs
• Scanning for lost, deleted and orphaned FAT files and folders
• Find lost data on CDs, DVDs, BDs or HD DVDs, created with integrated drag and drop applications, otherwise also known as packet writing software. Optimized, but not exclusive, for :
  Roxio Direct CD, Roxio Drag-to-Disc,
  Ahead / Nero InCD,
  Prassi / Veritas / Sonic DLA,
  VOB / Pinnacle Instant-Write,
  CeQuadrat Packet CD,
  NTI FileCD,
  BHA B's CLiP,
  Mircrosoft Windows XP and VISTA,
  Sony abCD, ...
• Support for Direct CD compressed files. Decompression on the fly.
• Built in UDF Reader, UDF 1.02 (e.g DVDs), UDF 1.5 (e.g. Packet writing on CD-R, DVDR, CD-RW and DVDRW), UDF 2.01, 2.50, 2.60 (e.g. BD-R SRM+POW), ...
• Find lost pictures created and saved to CD or DVD with Sony Mavica, other digital cameras or other devices with embedded UDF write functionality.
• Find lost movies created and saved to CD,DVD, BD or HD DVD, with Hitachi, other digital cameras or other devices with embedded UDF write functionality.
• Auto find extensions based on file content to try and give an appropriate name to an orphaned file. This built in file identifier assigns the proper extension to the file so that Windows applications can open the file. Only needed for orphaned files without a name.
• Support for Mount Rainier CD-RW and DVD+RW discs in MRW compatible and non-MRW compatible drives. Auto detection and automatic remapping which can be switched off or forced at all times. Built in MRW remapper / reader. (Built in Method 3 remapper)
• Support for formatted CD-RW discs mounted in very old drives that do not know the CD-RW fixed packet format yet. Auto detection and automatic remapping which can be switched of or forced at all times. Built in Method 2 remapper.
• Built in HFS Reader, supporting HFS and HFS+, the Apple Mac file systems.
• Transparent built in support for Mac Resource Fork extensions in the ISO9660 File-System
• Transparent built in support for Mac Resource Fork extensions in the UDF File-System
• Supports multiple Mac Partitions on one medium (e.g. multiple partitions on a CD or in a dmg file)
• Includes a vast range of features for Mac files support on PC (HFS, ISO9660, UDF), including Mac Binary extraction of files.
• Recover data from blanked or quick formatted DVD+RW media.
• Mpg (*.dat) Extraction and dat2mpg 'in one' from SVCD and VCD
• Ability to create managed image files (*.IBP / *.IBQ).
• Enormous file system coverage and different ways to use them all (find the one suited best for your needs). CDs and DVDs often have different file-systems pointing to the same files. This offers possibilities.
• Rock Ridge (e.g. for Commodore users, Server use, etc.)
• Full FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 support (for instance on DVD-RAM or BD-RE)
• Finds VIDEO and AUDIO IFO / BUP / VOB file-systems independently from other file-systems
• Transparent support for (open) DVD+VR(W) discs, remapping of the content etc. Open +VR discs' files can be seen and extracted right away.
• Show (and allow to extract) the Nero project file if available on the optical disc
• Support for the CD-i file-system and the different behavior from drives trying to mount a CD-i disc.
• Information and file system properties (a must for FS developers)
• CD/DVD/HD DVD/BD Surface scan to see if there are physical read errors.
• Opens checksum files (*.md5) and automatically verifies the image with the checksum file.
• Check if all files and folders are readable without having to extract all data to HD.
• Single sector extraction. Extraction of CD/DVD/BD/HD DVD blocks (e.g. for engineering purposes)
• Sector Viewer. Check a sector's content in IsoBuster's editor and print or save to HD. Engineers and computer savvy people find missing data making use of Sector View.
• Compile (and edit, save, print) lists of all files that contain physical read errors.
• Compile lists of all files, including their Logical block address (ideal to find the logical play order for mp3 CDs)
• CD-Text support from CD and various image files ( *.PXI, *.CCD, *.B5T and *.CUE image files).
• Creation of image files (*.ibp and *.ibq,*.iso, *.bin, *.tao)
• Creation of checksum files (*.md5)
• Creation of cue sheet files (*.cue)
• Conversion of all supported image files to bin/cue files.
• Handles opening of multi-file image files.
• Extraction of Audio tracks to wave files.
• Play audio analogue. Instruct the drive to play the audio through the analogue output.
• Ability to pause a number of seconds between retries to allow the drive to "recover" (useful for older drives in combination with marginally readable media)
• Creation of multi-file image files or disc spanning to specified size
• Support for bootable CDs and DVDs. Support for the El Torito standard.
  Perfect aid to slipstream Windows installation CDs
• Add, Edit, Delete files found based on their signatures.
• Show file extents. (Show the different parts of a file, when it is fragmented on disc)
• Ability to add/edit extents on custom created files (e.g. Lost and Found and Customizable file system)
• Ability to add a customizable file system (where you can add, edit files, for engineering purposes)
• Support for command line parameters
• Comprehensive help file (also available online)

IsoBuster interprets CD image files, such as:

*.DAO (Duplicator), *.TAO (Duplicator), *.ISO (Nero, BlindRead, Creator), *.BIN (CDRWin), *.IMG (CloneCD), *.CCD (CloneCD) , *.CIF (Creator), *.FCD (Uncompressed), *.NRG (Nero), *.GCD (Prassi), *.P01 (Toast), *.C2D (WinOnCD), *.CUE (CDRWin), *.CDI (DiscJuggler), *.CD (CD-i OptImage), *.GI (Prassi PrimoDVD), *.PXI (PlexTools), *.MDS (Alcohol), *.MDF (Alcohol), *.VC4 (Virtual CD), *.000 (Virtual CD), *.B5T (BlindWrite), *.B5I (BlindWrite), *.DMG (Apple Macintosh), *.IBP (IsoBuster), *.IBQ (IsoBuster), *.NCD (NTI).

IsoBuster also features Language support for over forty languages.

UltraISO is an ISO CD/DVD image file creating/editing/converting tool and a bootable CD/DVD maker , it can directly edit the CD/DVD image file and extract files and folders from it, as well as directly make ISO files from your CD/DVD-ROM or hard disk. At the same time, you can maintain the ISO bootable information, thus creating your own bootable CD/DVDs. You now have the power to make and edit your own ISO files, and then burn them to CD/DVD for your own needs.

UltraISO is in sole possession of the intellectualized ISO document format analyzer, it can process at the present time almost all types of image files, including ISO and BIN, it may even support new image files which are yet to be created. UltraISO can open these image files, directly extract files and folders, edit it and convert other image files to the standard ISO format.

UltraISO uses the double window unification user contact interface, you have the choice to only use the quick buttons and/or the mouse Drag & Drops, you can handle any CD/DVD image file easily.

Main Features

• Can directly edit the ISO image file.
• Can directly extract files and folders from ISO image file
• Can add / delete /create new directory /rename ISO file image content.
• Can make ISO file from hard disk document. Can create CD/DVD image from CD/DVD-ROM, maintain bootable information.
• Can process the compact disc boot information, you can directly add/remove/extract boot image of the ISO image.
• Supports nearly all known CD/DVD image file formats (.ISO, .BIN, .IMG, .CIF, .NRG, .BWI and so on) , and converts them to the standard ISO form image.
• May directly set the file/folder to hidden attribute Supports ISO 9660 Level1/2/3 and Joliet extension Automatically optimizes the ISO image file structure, saves the disc space.
• Supports the shell document type integration, Open Image files through double clicking them or the Right Click menu of the mouse with the open dialog.
• The double window user interface is extremely convenient to use.
• There are rich add-on tools, you can create ALL in 1 bootable compact discs, CD/DVD image file management, even the virtual CD/DVD drive , those functions are really powerful.
• UltraISO can convert nearly all known data CD/DVD image formats to ISO, BIN/CUE, Nero (.NRG) or CloneCD (.CCD/.IMG/.SUB) format.
• UltraISO supports more than 27 data CD image formats, including BlinkWrite (*.BWI/*.BWT,*.B5I/*.B5T), CDSpace (*.LCD), CDRWin (*.BIN/*.CUE), CloneCD (*.IMG/*.CCD), DiscJuggler (*.CDI), Duplicator (*.TAO/*.DAO), Easy CD Creator(*.CIF), Fantom CD (*.MDF/*.MDS), Farstone Virtual Drive (*.VCD), Gear (*.p01/*.md1/*.xa), Instant Copy (*.pdi), Nero - Burning ROM (*.NRG), Noum Vapor CDROM (*.VaporCD), NTI CD-Maker (*.NCD), PlexTools (*.PXI), Prassi (*.GCD/*.GI), VCDROM Extension (*.FCD), Virtual CD (*.VC4/ *.000), Virtuo CD Manager (*.VDI), WinOnCD (*.C2D).

MagicISO

MagicISO Maker is a powerful CD/DVD-image-file editor, CD burner, and CD/DVD-backup tool.

• It can directly create, edit, extract, and burn ISO files. It also can convert almost all CD and DVD image formats to ISO and BIN/CUE. With MagicISO Maker, you can handle DVD images up to 10GB; make CD-image files from CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs; and burn ISO files and other CD and DVD image files (BIN, IMG, CIF, NRG, BWI, VCD) to CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW.
• The program supports the making of bootable CD and DVD image files; the loading of boot-image files exported by WinISO; the processing of CD and DVD image files with ISO9660, Joliet, Rock Ridge, and UDF volume; edit properties of CD and DVD image files; the searching of files or folders with wildcard characters; the creation of multibootable CD and DVD image files by a bootable setup wizard; expert settings for creating Linux or Unix bootable CDs; and the opening, editing, and extraction of a floppy-disk image file.
• Support all known CD image file types.
• Process almost all CD-ROM image file(s) including (ISO, BIN, NRG, CRF, BWI, BWT, LCD, CUE, CCD, MDF, MDS, VCD, CIF, FCD, VDI, C2D, PDI, IMG, etc.).
• It can also convert BIN or any other format (.nrg, .cif etc.) file created by CD burning software (Such as Nero-Burning ROM, Easy CD Create) or virtual DVD/CD-ROM driver software (such as Daemon-tools) to standard ISO format.
• Directly edit CD/DVD image file(s)
• MagicISO has ability to create ISO image file. You can directly add/delete/rename files or folder in CD image file(s) with MagicISO. MagicISO can handle up to 10G large sizes so that user can extract / edit / open DVD image files in ease.
• Backup CD/DVD to your hard disk
• You can use MagicISO to make CD/DVD image from DVD/CD-ROM to hard disk in order to backup CD/DVD or use it with virtual CD or Virtual machine.
• Make Bootable CD/DVD
• MagicISO has ability to make bootable CD/DVD image file. With MagicISO, you can process the boot information for CD/DVD image file, as well as directly add/remove/extract boot image for the CD/DVD image file.
• MagicISO can also make multiple bootable CD/DVD image file. Using this function, you can combine multiple OS installation CD into one CD/DVD image file in order to install multiple OS from one CD/DVD.
• Windows Explorer Embed
• MagicISO embed Windows Explorer and use the double window unification user contact interface. Use the quick button and the mouse Drag & Drops files between Windows Explorer and MagicISO so that you can handle the CD/DVD image file easy but powerful enough.

DAEMON Tools

PowerISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file processing tool, which allows you to open, extract, create, edit, compress, encrypt, split and convert ISO files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive. It can process almost all CD-ROM image files including ISO and BIN.

Main Features:

• Support almost all CD/DVD-ROM image file formats (ISO, BIN, NRG, CDI, DAA and so on).
  Note: DAA (Direct-Access-Archive) is an advanced format for image file, which supports some advanced features, such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. It can be handled directly just like other formats, such as ISO, BIN, ...
• Open and extract ISO File.
• Create ISO file from hard disk files or CD/DVD-ROM.
• Edit an existing ISO file directly.
• Convert image files between ISO/BIN and other formats. PowerISO can convert almost all image file formats to standard ISO format file.
• Make bootable ISO file, get boot information from bootable ISO file.
• Make floppy disk image file.
• Optimize files to save disk space while saving ISO file.
• Mount ISO file with internal virtual drive. You don't need install any other virtual drive software.
• Can be used easily. PowerISO supports shell integration, context menu, drag and drop, clipboard copy paste...

CUE Splitter is a freeware tool that split a single big audio track, mostly an album or a compilation, into the relative individual audio tracks, using informations contained in the associated "CUE" file. Sometimes you can find a big compressed audio file (for example MP3, APE, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, etc...) equipped with a small "CUE" text file that contain informations about tracks title, artist and length. Usually these couple of files are generated by programs like EAC (Exact Audio Copy), CDRWin, BPM Studio, GoldWave or similar.With CUE Splitter you can obtain splitted audio track files without burn any CDR or decode/re-encode any audio data! Moreover audio files are automatically named using a user-defined "file mask" string, it's tags are filled with informations extracted from "CUE" file and, optionally, an M3U playlist file can be generated (option enabled by default). CUE Splitter is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Nero

• Direct access to all features from the project launcher
  
• High Definition format support
  
• Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
  
• Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
  
• SecurDisc data protection support
  
• Copy a disc with just one click
  
• Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™
  
• Continual free updates

CDRWIN is a CD recording program supporting binary (.BIN), cue sheets (.CUE), overburning, MP3 burning, disc copy, track ripping, and much more.
CDRWIN is a software that allows you record DVD and CD.

Here are some key features of "CDRWIN":
· Supports the recording of AUDIO, CDROM (Mode1), CDROM-XA (Mode2), CD-I, Mixed-Mode, and Multisession discs.
· Unique CUE SHEET scripting language gives you 100% custom control over the disc layout. No two second gaps between tracks like other software!
· Powerful disc backup utility that preserves the exact layout of the original disc including all subcode information.
· ISO9660 disc mastering (with Joliet long filename support for Windows 95/98/NT).
· Supports Karaoke CD+G discs (on compatible equipment).
· Automatic MP3 file decoding... MP3 files can be recorded to an audio disc without converting them to WAV files first.
· Supports CD-TEXT discs (on compatible equipment) and includes a graphical text editor.
· Bootable CDROM support.
· Only disc-at-once software that supports all CDROM types on the Philips/Kodak/HP family of CD recorders.
· Supports disc UPC and track ISRC numbers (on most recorders).
· Supports disc transporters/duplicators from Kodak and Discmatic for fast and unattended disc replication.