Free DAA to ISO Converter GUI
This tool has been superseded by the original daa2iso converter (© Luigi Auriemna), which now has it’s own GUI. Use that.
A while ago I wrote a tutorial about the DAA file extension, which has gotten a lot of visits ever since. One of the comments on that post pointed me to a free DAA-to-ISO converter by Luigi Auriemna. It’s a nice tool, but it requires that you know how to use command-line utilities (and many users don’t). That’s why I decided to make a simple graphical user interface (GUI) for the converter.
Features
Converter Features (by Luigi Auriemna)
- Converts DAA archives to ISO files. You can then burn the ISO file to a CD or DVD with one of the many freeware tools (e.g. ImgBurn) or whatever. Nearly 100% of CD/DVD software support the ISO format.
- Supports multipart DAA files.
Interface Features (by me, Janis Elsts)
- Takes care of all the command-line stuff.
- Simple Windows interface - two textboxes and a button.
- Drag-and-drop a DAA file onto the application window to select it as the input file.
- Doesn’t require installation - just extract the .zip file somewhere and run daa_converter.exe.
Download DAA to ISO converter
Download : daa2iso_gui.zip (230 Kb) and daa2iso.zip from this page.
Extract both ZIP archives to the same folder and run daa_converter.exe. If that doesn’t work, try daa2iso.exe - it has a different interface, but can be more stable.
FAQ
Wait, do I need to download the converter/interface separately?
Yes. Originally I had them both in the same ZIP file, but Luigi - the author of the converter - asked me to remove the converter executable from this distribution.
When I tried to convert a file something just flashed on my screen and nothing else happened! Huh?
That’s probably because the converter encountered an error. You can try to run it from the command prompt to see the particular error message - feel free to study the beginners guide to WinXP command prompt if you don’t know how.
I tried the command prompt and it still doesn’t work. What now?
In this case you can try to contact Luigi, the author of the converter. Don’t ask me - I only made the window with the textboxes and a button 
I have a question about the GUI part, who do I ask?
Feel free to leave a comment below.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
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December 30th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
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January 7th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I love you all……thanks soooo much for all your hard work!
January 8th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Thank you for posting this and taking your time to write the GUI, it certainly is useful.
January 8th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
This rocks; thanks for your time and trouble.
January 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Thank you so much. This is really awesome. We all really appreciate all the time and hardwork you put into making this.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Thanx.Great little progam
January 13th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Excellent work. I downloaded it, ran it, converted it, and I was done, no problems
I’m so glad there are people out there that make these things possible *hugs*
Thanks again ^^
January 13th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I have created a .daa file and I have aadded a pssword , then I forgot it !!!!
now I can not open it , I have tried the converter and it is flashing in and out . I am using windows Vista any one have any suggestion ?
thank you
January 13th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Sorry, the converter doesn’t support password-protected files. And since the DAA file format is relatively uncommon, I doubt there are any password recovery tools available.
January 14th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Thank you so much.
January 15th, 2008 at 11:53 am
I would like to add my thanks as well. This is such a great utility! Wish I had the talent to do such work alas, I am a recovering geek now paramedic and just don’t have the skills anymore. Be safe…
January 15th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
It really looks like a great tool, but I can’t download it anymore. Could you please upload the daa2Iso utility?
January 15th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
The download works fine on my end.
January 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Thank you very much
January 16th, 2008 at 2:43 am
Great little Utility. very user friendly :thankyou:
January 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Did anyone succeed in using daa2iso on linux (via “wine” or other way)?
January 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Works perfect! Many thanks for sharing Your work.
January 17th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Now it is just as easy as Power ISO - but free. Thanks!
January 20th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Thank you very much for this - your hard work has been much appreciated by me and others. Thanks once again!
January 21st, 2008 at 8:11 am
Your work appreciated, thank you - and of course the Luigi man
January 21st, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I tried the gui all I got was a flash.If I wanted to run dos I would have kept the first computer I had 12 plus years ago.Someone posted “daa’s suck dump it”.I agree.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Thanks. This sure is a nifty little tool…
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
[...] should download the following programs: DAA2ISO (no install required, just open it) IZArc and install [...]
January 24th, 2008 at 12:13 am
a couple of days ago I have released a new version of daa2iso.
The only difference is that now supports big files… Mingw is a great compiler but don’t talk to it about compatibility of fseek/ftell at 64 bits
January 24th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Thanks for the info, I’ll update the archive on my site.
January 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
thanks. this was simple and great. i still have a lot to learn about using and getting around these weird files…thanks a lot. a donation to you will be made as soon as i can.
THANKS
January 30th, 2008 at 7:54 am
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February 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 am
This programs rocks. Thanks for helping out the rest of us!!!
February 3rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
WITH A FUCKEN TROIAN .
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
What? That’s a bit of a non-sequitur… shall I assume you are a spammer?
I have an antivirus & firewall running at all times and I strongly doubt the possibility that any of my programs might contain trojans.
February 5th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Damn i love you. spent hours trying to convert before. fuck .daa
February 6th, 2008 at 2:28 am
You “required” second download “daa2iso.zip” just links to “it.altervista.ms”. No download in “site” pun intended. Not a legitimate program or download, it appears.
February 6th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Looks like a direct link for that file doesn’t work. Fixed now.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
didn’t work
February 15th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Just found your app to convert the stupid DAA type - Good App - Bad type…
Anyway - I’m using it for the first time to try to create an ISO for Elements 6.0. I’ve used the GUI and selected the file to convert (just 1), and I’ve elected the name to use on the converted ISO - I see the file I asked it to create, but it’s at 0 bytes still. I guess I’m wondering how long a conversion will take? - 80MB apx. I don’t see anything in the command prompt for GUI that lets me know of it’s progress. I just see in the command prompt: “Press ENTER to quit”.
Is it running??
Thanks so much for all your efforts and support!!
February 16th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Try the daa2iso.exe itself, maybe that’ll work.
Unfortunately I can’t offer any better help at the moment, I’m a bit sick (phsically), so not thinking very clearly.
February 18th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
[...] Daa2iso är ett gratis verktyg som konverterar (omvandlar, gör om, fixar till….) daa-filer till iso för lättare användning. Sen är det bara att öppna, packa upp eller mounta med valfritt program. Gratis och installations-fritt är det också, bara kör igång exe-filen så är det klart. [...]
February 23rd, 2008 at 8:52 am
your a legend, brilliant explanation. good work
February 23rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
great prog virus and trojan free saved me hours tearing my hair out cheers i highly recommend these downloads and i rarely say that
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 pm
The download link at the top of the page fo rthe gui zip doesn
‘t seem to work on y Visat box, however the download link in one of the comments does. Thank you.
February 28th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I just wanted to say thank you for the software. It’s gonna save a headache and I get that it probably took a bunch of your time. So, thanks!
~R~
February 29th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
How can I make a gui for a command-prompt program? please contact me.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
There’s nothing special to it and no specific tutorials to study. Basically you just make an application that will launch the command-prompt tool with certain parameters.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Thanx for the great program, saves time because there is no need to download powerISO , and just use Deamon toolz
March 6th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
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March 9th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
YES! This works great! Thank you so much!
March 16th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Thanks a million. worked beautifully. I’ll be saving this as a very useful tool.
March 26th, 2008 at 9:02 am
thanks work great and you explained it all well. NICE!
April 1st, 2008 at 7:11 pm
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April 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I cant use this. When I push the ‘Start Conversion’ button It opening me a new DAA to Iso Gui window. Please help me!
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Try running daa2iso.exe, not daa_converter.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Works fine for me. Thanks a lot
April 4th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
lately some people are contacting me asking why they must reselect the files multiple times…
I’m curious to know why you continue to say that my tools are command-line only and people need your launcher to use them with the GUI.
this is totally false and in fact your launcher does just nothing since the dialogs for selecting the real files are those of daa2iso/uif2iso.
April 4th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
The truth is I’ve been too busy/lazy to reqrite this post to reflect that. I’ll just put a big link to your page at the top and be done with it.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
can sum1 plz tell frm where do i d/l daa2iso.zip or daa2iso.exe? ? ? ?
therez no link on my page. i nly got daa2iso_gui.zip. . . .
April 8th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
can sum1 plz tell me frm where do i d/l daa2iso.zip or daa2iso.exe? ? ? there’s no link on my page, i juz got daa2ios_gui.zip. . . .
April 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
i got d file, bt i still can’t convert it! ! !
sum1 plz help me out. . .
April 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
The link is in big, italic letters right at the top of this page.
If daa2iso.exe doesn’t work for you, the file probably isn’t supported by the converter, and you’re out of luck.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:31 am
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May 6th, 2008 at 4:55 am
Thanks for all of your hard work! You’ve made my life a lot easier with this and the uif converter. Most people don’t appreciate the knowledge that it take to make even simple programs like these.
June 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Cheers, worked like a dream!
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:46 am
ive been searching everywhere for this, and it worked flawlessly to rid me of all my stupid power iso problems. thank you very much!
June 5th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
After converting part01.daa to part01.iso, I tried converting part02.daa to part02.iso but is says it needs to be part01.daa. I can’t get it to convert the second part. Any help would be very appreciated.
June 5th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
You’ll have to ask Luigi about that
June 5th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Nevermind, figured it out. I need to read before I post, heh. Thanks a bunch!
June 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
thanks a ton dude ….. hope you have recovered by now …. keep up the good work …
June 14th, 2008 at 4:13 am
thank you !(cam on nha !)
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June 22nd, 2008 at 7:15 am
beautiful world
July 5th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
excuse me, your link to download the run program of converting .daa files no longer exist. please provide the active link.
July 5th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
@? - looks like the site is down. Somebody posted this mirror in another post : http://www.badongo.com/file/9762107
July 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Even though I specify an output file name when using your GUI interface, after I click the ‘Start Conversion!’ button I get another ‘DOS’ window opening up that asks for the output file name again. What’s with that?
July 12th, 2008 at 11:50 am
@Flash - it seems you haven’t noticed the big, italic note at the top of this page
July 15th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
@White Shadow -
Hi ,
I tried using your software to convert my files to iso, but i faced an error in command prompt that not enough space.
I have attached the image also of that error.
Please guide me or tell me any other option how i can convert these files .
and is there any player in which i can play daa files directly without converting them to iso ?
regards
Hitesh Bhardwaj
July 15th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Please if possible can someone drop me an email regarding this topic ?
hitesh.bhrdwj@gmail.com
July 15th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
@Hitesh - well, might it be that you actually don’t have enough space on your hard disk? You will need enough space to store both the original and the converted file (though you can delete the original later).
I’m quite certain there are no players that could play DAA files. This is because DAA itself is not a video format - it’s a format used to store other files or collections of files (=complete copies of CD/DVDs), similar to ZIP archives.
July 18th, 2008 at 1:47 am
@White Shadow -
Hi,
thanks for reply
Well that was an obvious thing to think about weather i have a disk space, but there is absolutely no problem with the space.
but still i dont know whats the error.
if u give me ur email id, then i might send u the print screen of error.
regards
Hitesh
July 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
@Hitesh - Maybe it’s a filesystem issue. If the converted file is very large (I don’t remember exactly, but around 4 GB I think) it can’t be stored on a FAT32 filesystem. This shouldn’t be a problem with NTFS.
In any case, my email is whiteshadow at w-shadow dot com.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:50 am
This is genius software, and I have been looking for this for a very long time. Thanks to both you and Luigi … Brilliant
August 7th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Nice job!!!
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August 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Thanks for this great util. I found it very usefull, when I had downloaded an daa file, it worked like an charm, and so did the converter
Keep up the great stuff coming.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Thanks a lot! I have downloaded a daa image with software for my phone(at the moment broken) and i needed the flash file on the daa. you and luigi just saved my phone :)) thanks a lot!
August 29th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I have downloaded an autocad2007 with a daa extension, this utility is great.. thx a lot..
September 1st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
What does it mean when it says the compressed ZLIB input is wrong or incomplete?
September 1st, 2008 at 7:21 pm
@Spike - Well, the file is probably corrupted?
September 7th, 2008 at 8:41 am
for mac / apple use
http://www.twilightedge.com/mac/daaconverter/history.html
September 10th, 2008 at 3:22 am
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September 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Hi, can someone help me please? I was so happy to find this software and when tried to convert a daa file, I get the following error?
the uncompressed size doesn’t match the chunksize
What does this mean? Is there anything that I did wrong?
September 10th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
@Wldboy - You probably didn’t do anything wrong, but the file you’re trying to convert might be corrupted.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
i have downloaded dream weaver cs3 & get .daa files but i con’t convert to iso file kindly ans . to my mail.thank you .
September 12th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Thanks .. will try to download a different file.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:30 am
hi i trid to convert some books i downloaded from a torrent site, and im getting this error shown below:
- Alert: unknown DAA version (00000110 00000001 00000000)
Error: No such file or directory
Press RETURN to quit
please help me. thnx
September 20th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
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October 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
so whether version of the software i use i should be able to convert a .daa bootable file and convert it to a iso bootable image or will i have to do some thing else?
October 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
@shadow’s shadow? - That’s the idea.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:39 am
ok. i have a .daa file of two movies in one. i got it from mininova.org what do i do and how do i do it free??? i have no money to pay for a converter for just one freaking movie! I am really annoyed by this. why would someone put up a file that is hard to open? makes no sense to me! uggggggggghhhhh. anyhow, i just want to go ahead a burn it to DVD and get it over with. someone please help. thanks. P.S. i am not very good with computers. not anything too advanced at least. so please no jargon. it will only confuse. lol
October 29th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
@MiriHumi - Short version :
1. Download this
2. Extract to any location
3. Run the .exe and use it to convert the .daa to .iso. Should be pretty easy to figure it out.
4. Find a freeware ISO burner. ImgBurn will do.
5. Burn the ISO file to a disk.
That’s it.
November 4th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
more info on the daa here
http://dotwhat.net/daa/5280/