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 '11 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 '11 at 20:49
+1 for command line tools. The video is down though – lajarre Oct 18 '12 at 0:18
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Note that ecm is also available via HomeBrew. – Tim Visher May 12 '14 at 16:51
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The binary link is broken, but Homebrew still works good! (thanks @TimVisher) – alanjds Aug 1 '14 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 '15 at 4:13

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