Bug#531079: ITP: ecm -- prepares CD image files so they compress better
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Loïc Martin" <loic.martin3@gmail.com>
* Package name : ecm
Version : 1.00
Upstream Author : Neill Corlett <neill@neillcorlet.com>
* URL : http://www.neillcorlett.com/ecm/
* License : GPL2+
Programming Lang: C
Description : prepares CD image files so they compress better
The ECM format allows you to reduce the size of a typical CD image
file (BIN, CDI, NRG, CCD, or any other format that uses raw sectors).
It works by eliminating the Error Correction/Detection Codes
(ECC/EDC) from each sector whenever possible. The encoder
automatically adjusts to different sector types and automatically
skips any headers it encounters.
Since the data skipped is nearly impossible to compress with
traditionnal tools, the resulting ECM file will compress far better
than the raw CD image
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