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I have an old Alcohol 120% CD/DVD image file that I'd like to convert to an .iso image. I have tried simply renaming the file thus (disregarding the 4 KB .mds file):

video.mdf --> video.iso.

This sort of worked. Most of the video played perfectly (in VLC) but then the final three minutes were silent with a blank screen.

How should I go about doing this?

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Did you consider reinstalling Alcohol (on a PC or virtual machine) and converting the image into .iso? – patrix♦ Oct 23 '11 at 14:01
Yes, but the image is so old that I don't want to go to the trouble of installing Windows just to access it. I can do this on the command line on my Xubuntu box but I wonder if there's a way on the Mac. Thanks anyway. – boehj Oct 23 '11 at 14:26
How do you do it under Linux then? – patrix♦ Oct 23 '11 at 14:32
Using the mdf2iso tool @Eir mentions. :) It's late here now but I'll give this a go in the morning. – boehj Oct 23 '11 at 16:37

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You can use very simple command line program mdf2iso for this. it is available via MacPorts (for example).

PS: This utility can be also used in any Linux, *BSD and Windows systems

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Thanks for this. I'll try in the morning and report back. I may try and find the source and compile it altho' I'll probably only ever use it the one time. Cheers. – boehj Oct 23 '11 at 16:39
How is your experience with it? – Eir Nym Nov 16 '11 at 17:25
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Really sorry, I totally forgot about this. Worked a treat. Many thanks. – boehj Nov 17 '11 at 4:29
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Handbrake is able to read quite a lot of video formats. It shares a bunch of libraries with VLC anyway so you may be able to convert your files as well.

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