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==Comparison==

The following is a list of software programs that can read and/or write ''']''' files broken down by platform support and capability. Capability is defined as ability to create, mount, burn, and/or extract as follows:
* '''Create''', the ability to create a new ISO file.
* '''Edit''', the ability to manipulate the contents of an existing ISO file.
* '''Mount''', the ability to mount an ISO image and emulate a disc volume.
* '''Burn''', the ability to burn an ISO file to an ].
* '''Extract''', the ability to copy the contents of the ISO file to a hard disk.

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! style="width:12em;" | Software
! Create
! Edit
! Mount
! Burn
! Extract
! input
! output
! ]
! ]
! comments
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|
| File hierarchy
| Cross-platform
| ]
| File archiver
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|
| Linux, BSD<br>Windows
| ]<br>Commercial
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| File system
| ISO
| ]<br>Amiga
| {{?}}
| Part of the ] package
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| CD<br>DVD
| ]
| ]
| CD and DVD authoring application for the ]
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>gzip<br>bzip<br>bzip2<br>compress<br>LZO<br>]s
| ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>gzip<br>bzip<br>bzip2<br>compress<br>LZO
| ]
| ]
| File archiver
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
|
| ]
| {{?}}
| List contents of an iso image; part of the ] package
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
|
| ]
| {{?}}
| Command:<br><code>mount -o loop -t iso9660 ''filename''.iso /mnt/iso</code><br>(assuming the directory /mnt/iso exists)
|-
! {{rh}} | ] (for Linux)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO
| ISO<br>BIN<br>DAA<br>...
| ]
| Free
| Extract, list and convert image files
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
|
| ]
| {{?}}
| Built-in general disk utility
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| several types of<br>disk image files
|
| ]
| {{?}}
| Built-in utility
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| CD<br>DVD
| ]
| Commercial
| Mastering program to burn CDs and DVDs with multisession support, duplicate disc, burn VIDEO_TS folders and create a ] as well as a searchable disc index.
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| many types of<br>disk images,<br>including both sides<br>of an HFS/ISO9660<br>hybrid image
|
| ]
| Commercial
| Mastering program
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO<br>CD<br>DVD
| ISO<br>CD<br>DVD
| ]
| Commercial
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO<br>many other types<br>of image files
| CD<br>DVD<br>Blu-ray
| ]
| Shareware
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| ISO,<br>UFD,<br>] (])
| ISO,<br>UFD,<br>] (])
| ]
| Shareware
| Owned by ]
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO,<br>CD,<br>DVD,<br>Individual<br>DVD files
| ISO,<br>CD,<br>DVD,<br>Individual<br>DVD files
| ]
| Shareware
| Owned by ]<br>Available from ]
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
|
| ]
| Commercial
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO
|
| ]
| Shareware
| Extract ISOs, plus full CD descriptions in various modes, and handle and extract ISO and related files
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO
| ISO
| ]
| Shareware
| From MagicISO, Inc.
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO<br>File hierarchy
| ISO<br>CD<br>DVD
| Windows 2000<br>Windows XP
| Commercial
| Unable to mount ISO images in Vista; no support for any 64-bit environments
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| Many disk<br>image formats
| Many disk<br>image formats
| ]
| Shareware
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO<br>ISZ
| ISO<br>ISZ
| ]
| Shareware
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO,<br>hard disk<br>CD/DVD image
| ISO,<br>hard disk<br>CD/DVD image
| ]
| Shareware
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| Many images<br>fileystem
| Many images<br>fileystem
| ]
| Commercial
| Fully-fledged disk-imaging suite
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO
|
| ]
| Shareware
| File archiver
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
|
| ]
| Free trial
| Feature-limited edition of Alcohol 120%. Bundles a browser toolbar that they claim isn't spyware.
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| ]
| {{?}}
| Source code available
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO<br>Files
| CD<br>DVD
| ]
| ]
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO<br>Optical disc
|
| ]
| ]
| Freeware version of ] Pro
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| DVD movies
| ISO<br>DVD VIDEO_TS folder
| ]
| ]
| Can decrease the size of the output at a lesser quality to copy onto a smaller sized medium
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
| ISO
| ]
| ]
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
| ISO<br>CD<br>DVD
| ]
| ]
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ISO Plugin for ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO
| File hierarchy
| ]
| Free
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| ISO<br>other disk<br>image format
| File hierarchy
| ]
| ]
| File archiver
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| CD<br>DVD
| ISO
| ]
| ]
|
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| ISO
| CD<br>DVD
| ]
| ]
| CD/DVD test program
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| ISO only
|
| ]
| Free
| From Microsoft
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{ISO<br>BIN}}
|
| ]
| ]
| From SlySoft
|-
! {{rh}} | ]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| ]
| open source
|
|}

==List==


The following is a list of software that can read and/or write ] files. The following is a list of software that can read and/or write ] files.

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See also: ISO image and Optical disc authoring software

The following is a list of software that can read and/or write ISO image files.

Features

  • Burn: the ability to burn an ISO file to an Optical Disc.
  • Create: the ability to create a new ISO file.
  • Edit: the ability to manipulate the contents of an existing ISO file.
  • Extract: the ability to copy the contents of the ISO file to a hard disk.
  • Mount: the ability to mount an ISO image and emulate a disc volume.
Name Burn Create Edit Extract Mount Software license Description
7-zip No No No Yes No LGPL An open source file archiver that can extract files/folders from ISO CD/DVD images.
AcetoneISO No Yes Yes Yes Yes GPL A Qt 4 software for linux to mount most common images. It uses PowerISO for converting images to ISO as back-end.
Alcohol 120% Yes Yes No No Yes Non-freeProprietary A commercial CD/DVD burner and image mounting program that can also create ISO files from discs.
Alcohol 52% FE No Yes No No Yes Non-freeProprietary A feature-limited edition of Alcohol 120%. Can create and mount ISO images. Cannot burn discs.
Ashampoo Burning Studio Yes Yes No No No Non-freeProprietary A shareware program that can read, create and burn many types of image files, including ISO, to CD/DVD and even Blu-ray disks.
Brasero Yes Yes No No No GPL A CD and DVD burning program for Linux.
CDBurnerXP Yes Yes No No No Freeware A freeware program that burns CDs and DVDs from files and ISO images.
CloneDVD Yes Yes No Yes No Non-freeShareware From SlySoft, shareware DVD cloning software which is able to save the contents of the disc as an ISO image or as individual DVD files (i.e. in a VIDEO_TS directory). CloneDVD can also write a DVD from an ISO image and from a directory of individual DVD files, and it can process a folder of DVD files and convert it into an ISO image.
cdrtools Yes Yes No Yes No CDDL, GPL A suite of optical disc-authoring tools, its components can manipulate ISO image files. Amongst them:
  • isoinfo can list contents of an iso image.
  • mkisofs can create ISO images from the file system.
Daemon Tools Partial Pro edition only No No No Yes Non-freeProprietary A utility to mount ISO images in Windows operating systems. It also has a freeware version, Daemon Tools Lite.
dd No Yes No No No As OS itself A built-in Linux/UNIX command for performing low-level file copies and conversions, and for generating ISO images from CDs.
Disco Yes Yes No No No Non-freeShareware A commercial Mac OS X mastering program which allows users to burn CDs and DVDs with multisession support, disc duplication, burning VIDEO_TS folders, disc spanning as well as a searchable disc index.
DiskImageMounter No No No No Yes Non-freeProprietary A built-in utility for mounting several types of disk image files.
Disk Utility Yes Yes No No Yes Non-freeProprietary Mac OS X's built-in general disk image utility.
DVD Shrink No Yes No No No Non-freeProprietary A freeware program that facilitates backing up DVD movies. The resulting output is an ISO file or a DVD VIDEO_TS folder, and it has the option to decrease the size of the output at a lesser quality (for copying onto a smaller sized medium).
File Roller No No No Yes No GPL A Unix frontend for extracting ISO files.
FormatFactory No Yes No No No Freeware A freeware file converter for Windows that has the ability to convert a CD or DVD into an ISO image file.
Free Easy Burner Yes Pro edition only No No No Yes Freefreeware
Furius ISO Mount No No No No Yes GPL Can mount ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG images. Can also burn ISO and IMG files
ImDisk No No No No Yes Free software Open source software that can mount CD/DVD images as well as hard disks and floppies on Microsoft Windows.
ImgBurn Yes Yes No No No Freeware a freeware disc image recorder that can build and write ISO image files.
InfraRecorder Yes Yes No No No GPL A GPL-licensed free software utility for writing CD and DVD image files to disc.
IsoBuster Yes Yes No Yes No Non-freeShareware A shareware program that can extract ISOs, plus full CD descriptions in various modes, and handle and extract ISO and related files.
ISO Master No Yes Yes Yes No GPL An open source Linux program to create and edit ISO images in Linux and BSD. Commercial version for Windows also available.
ISO Recorder Power Toy Yes Yes No No No Freeware A free tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003, Vista and 7, that allows to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Vista and above), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a content of a disk folder.
IZArc No No No Yes No Freeware A freeware file archiver for Microsoft Windows that can extract files from several disk image formats, including ISO files.
K3b Yes Yes No No No GPL A CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop for Unix-like computer operating systems.
MagicDisc No Yes No No Yes Freeware Freeware virtual drive counterpart to MagicISO (separate download needed to mount discs virtually).
MagicISO Yes Yes Yes Yes No Non-freeShareware A shareware utility from MagicISO, Inc., for working with ISO image files.
mount No No No No Yes As OS itself ISO files can be mounted directly in Linux with the single command: mount -o loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso (assuming the directory /mnt/iso exists and you have the required kernel options compiled).
Nero Burning ROM Yes Yes No No Yes Non-freeProprietary Nero Burning ROM version 8 is able to create, burn, and mount ISO images in a Windows 2000/XP environment. Nero 9 is necessary to mount ISO images in a Windows Vista environment(or 64-bit XP)
Peazip No No No Yes No LGPL This free utility can extract ISO image files on both Windows and Linux platforms.
PowerISO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Non-freeShareware This is a utility which can extract, list, convert, mount, create, and burn image files (including ISO, BIN, DAA, and other formats).
Roxio Toast Yes Yes No No No Non-freeProprietary A commercial CD mastering program that can mount many types of disk images, including both sides of an HFS/ISO9660 hybrid image.
UltraISO Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Non-freeShareware A shareware application for creating, modifying and converting ISO and notably, compressed ISO (ISZ) image files.
Undisker Yes Yes No Yes No Non-freeShareware A shareware program that can create and edit several types of hard disk and CD/DVD image file formats, including ISO images.
Virtual CloneDrive No No No No Yes Freeware A freeware CD emulator from SlySoft.
WinImage No Yes Yes Yes Yes Non-freeShareware A shareware disk-imaging suite for the creation, reading and editing of multiple image formats and filesystems.
WinRAR No No No Yes No Non-freeProprietary A shareware file archiver that can read & extract, ISO images.
WinZip No No No Yes No Non-freeProprietary A shareware file archiver that can read & extract, ISO images.
Saturn Disk Image No No No No No Zlib License An open source tool for either from a graphical user interface or from a build script (NAnt task).

References

  1. http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm

See also

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