Image formats
Astroburn Pro supports the following image file types:
- b5t (BlindWrite images)
- b6t (BlindWrite images)
- bwt (BlindRead images)
- ccd (CloneCD images)
- cdi (DiscJuggler images)
- cue (Cue sheets)
- iso (Standard ISO images)
- mds (Media Descriptor Files)
- mdx (Media Data Extended)
- nrg (Nero images)
- pdi (Instant CD/DVD images)
- isz (Compressed ISO images)
- ape (audio image format)
Brief description of image formats:
- MDX
MDX (Media Data Extended) is the new image format created to replace more old MDS. The main difference is that the new format creates only one file (*.mdx) instead of two files (*.mds and *.mdf). The MDX format is also more optimized comparing with ISO due to data compression during the creation of an image.
- MDS
MDS (Media Descriptor) is an older version of the MDX format. It utilizes the same features, however, it uses two image files (*.mds and *.mdf).
- ISO
According to the materials from Wikipedia an ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc in a format defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This format is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso. The name ISO is taken from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media, but an ISO image can also contain a UDF file system since UDF is backward-compatible with ISO 9660.
- APE
An APE format (Monkey’s Audio) is a file format for audio data compression. Being a lossless format, Monkey’s Audio does not discard data during the process of encoding, unlike lossy compression methods such as AAC, MP3, Vorbis and Musepack.
