A CloneCD Control File is a

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descriptor with the extension .ccd used by

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to mark the properties of a CD/DVD image. These files need to be combined with an image file (usually with

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extension) to be burned. It may also come with a subchannel file (usually .sub). The .ccd extension can be used directly by first-party disc emulator

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

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and Alcohol 120%. The command line Linux application ccd2iso is available to convert ISO9660-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 Alcohol 120%'s MDF/MDS disc image formats to support

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

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