How do I extract an ECM archive in Mac OS X Lion?

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I came across a ECM archive that I need to extract.
The Unarchiver can't handle this format, and I'm not sure about other utilities.

How do I extract ECM in Mac OS X Lion?

lemonginger · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15 03:19:19Z

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You can use the ECM tools created by Neill Corlett, the creator of ECM. Just run "unecm" on the file.

If that seems intimidating, there is a youtube walkthrough here that uses a GUI and contains links to the tools used.

answered Sep 15, 2011 at 3:19

lemonginger

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Hey dan did you get this to work? i just bought a mac and it's lion as well. but when i follow that youtube video and try to open the GUI it gives me the error that powerpc isnt supported anymore. help anyone?
– user11649
Oct 5, 2011 at 20:49
+1 for command line tools. The video is down though
– lajarre
Oct 18, 2012 at 0:18
3

Note that ecm is also available via HomeBrew.
– Tim Visher
May 12, 2014 at 16:51
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The binary link is broken, but Homebrew still works good! (thanks @TimVisher)
– alanjds
Aug 1, 2014 at 14:39
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To update for 2015: brew install ecm; ecm *.ecm; and you're good to go!
– Gavin
Jul 24, 2015 at 4:13

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