what is the best way to convert ISO file formats to .cdi?

[Timoe]

I have a whole slew of iso images (of MY GAMES) and they are in all sorts of different file formats (MDS, MDF, Bin, Cue, Img, CCD, Sub, CDI, etc)

I would like to make them all one format.  .cdi? might look cleaner?

What should I use to convert them?

-thanks

[Howard_Casto]

Well my first sugestion would be to convert them to iso instead.  Iso is more widely used than cdi.

The best way to convert is to get a copy of nero.  It'll read most formats so you just load it as one format and (hopefully) save it to another.  I mean there are converters, but they do it the "hard way" and thus often screw things up.  All nero does is load the file structure into it's own format, so there's less of a margin for error when it's saved back. 

[krick]

I've used WinISO to successfully convert various "proprietary" CD image formats to standard ISO format...

http://www.winiso.com/

I've never found an image format that it couldn't convert.

[Organic Jerk]

If any of your games contain cd music or complicated boot information, ISO may not be for you.

For example, the CDI format is actually the standard of the Dreamcast homebrew community because of it's ability to hold and burn the info needed to self-boot from a console..

As far as a whole collection is concerned, I would go either CDI or BIN & CUE.  But truly, I don't see the need for converting all of them over to one format.


For creating CDI's the best program is the one that was created for it, "Padius Discjuggler"

Many burning suites released make competent BIN & CUE files, but I personally use either MagicISO or Nero Lite.