A CloneCD Control File is a

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descriptor with the extension .ccd used by

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to store the

subcode data Subcode or subchannel data (called ''control bytes'' in the CD-ROM specification) is data contained in a compact disc (CD) in addition to digital audio or user data, which is used for control and playback of the CD. The original specification was ...

of a CD/DVD image. These files need to be combined with an image file (usually with .img extension) to be burned. It may also come with a subchannel file (usually .sub). The .ccd extension can be used directly by first-party

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. It can also be mounted with third-party virtual drives such as

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and

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. The command line Linux application ccd2iso is available to convert

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-compliant CCD/IMG files to an

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. The

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's ccd2cue can convert a CCD file to a cue sheet. The CUE/BIN and MDS/MDF formats have a similar structure to the CCD/IMG format, containing both a raw disc image along with a descriptor file. The CloneCD CCD/IMG/SUB format is one of the few formats besides Nero's NRG, BIN/CUE and

's MDF/MDS disc image formats to support

Mixed Mode CD A mixed mode CD is a compact disc which contains both data and audio in one session. Typically the first track is a data track while the rest are audio tracks. The most common use for mixed mode CDs is to add CD-quality audio to video games on a ...

s which contain audio CD tracks, as well as data tracks.

References

Computer file formats

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