UIF to ISO Converter GUI

This tool has been superseded by the original uif2iso converter (© Luigi Auriemna), which now has it’s own GUI. Use that.

Recently I made a converter GUI for daa2iso. Now I’ve decided to follow up with another similar tool - the UIF to ISO converter GUI :) It’s almost the same as the previous one, except that it operates on files with the UIF extension.

The original converter application was created by Luigi Auriemna. It’s a command-line tool, which means the average computer user wouldn’t know how to use it. That’s why I made this version that has a more familiar and simpler Windows-based interface (a.k.a GUI).

Features

Converter by Luigi Auriemna, interface by me - Janis Elsts.

  • Converts UIF archives to ISO files. You can then burn the ISO file to a CD or DVD with one of the many freeware tools like ImgBurn. Pretty much all of CD/DVD tools support the ISO format.
  • Simple Windows interface - two input boxes and a button.
  • Easy to use - just drag-and-drop an UIF file into the tool’s window and click “Start conversion!”.
  • Doesn’t require installation - extract the .zip file somewhere and run uif_converter.exe.

Download UIF to ISO converter

Download : uif2iso_gui.zip (230 Kb) and uif2iso.zip from this page.
Extract all the files from both archives to the same folder and run uif_converter.exe to begin. If that doesn’t work, try uif2iso.exe - it’s interface isn’t as good (IMHO), but it should work as well.

FAQ

Do I need to download the converter/interface separately?
Yes. Luigi - the author of the converter - asked me to do it this way.

When I tried to convert a file something just flashed on my screen and nothing else happened! Hmm?
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?
Keep in mind that I only created the interface, not the actual conversion algorithms. So I probably can’t help you in this case. You might have better luck if you try to contact Luigi, the author of the converter.

I have a question about the GUI part, who do I ask?
You can leave a comment below.

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124 Responses to “UIF to ISO Converter GUI”

  1. [...] : Use my UIF to ISO converter GUI (freeware) to convert UIF files of any [...]

  2. 2
    javier says:

    thanks

  3. 3
    Drew says:

    Rock On! Thanks for two great tools!

  4. 4
    tskinbjerg says:

    thanks for an awsome progam. Did the job, no nicnacs.

  5. 5
    ali says:

    many thanks for you and mr luigi. this converter is very fast and i like it
    very much because i can use it in my suse

  6. 6
    Mariano says:

    I´m very VERY glad that people like you exist!!

  7. 7
    Freddyyyy says:

    wtf? mine wont convert…says it cant convert it….cos its not there…but i JUST downloaded it! GRR

  8. 8
    White Shadow says:

    Hmm. Maybe to move the file to a different location and try again? Are you using the ‘…’ button to select the file?

  9. 9
    Gastric says:

    Great offering. However it fails to work for me for some reason. But not your problem it’s the actual converter. It continues to kick out “invalid argument” errors though I’m unsure why. Was hoping to not have to install MagicISO just to convert the only UIF file I’ve ever encountered. ;)

  10. 10
    White Shadow says:

    Have you tried to run it manually? I’ve tried to make the GUI reasonably robust in choosing the arguments for the converter, but it might not be 100%.

  11. 11
    Gastric says:

    Sorry, I wasn’t explicit enough. I had to run the converter manually in command prompt to even see “invalid argument” the error. I’ve contacted Luigi directly and will consider trying a demo of MagicISO to see if their tool can convert and thus rule out the actual source. The UIF is 3.4GB in size so maybe I’m pushing the boundaries of these tools, or maybe the UIF is simply corrupted/invalid though I’d expect some more explicit error if that was the case. “invalid argument” sounds like the converter is receiving invalid instructions. However, it doesn’t get much more simple than “excecutable file1 file2″ :) Good work on the GUI.

  12. 13
    SSJ3Iain says:

    Excellent piece of software, can highly recommend. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

  13. 14
    Freddyyyy says:

    I figured it out now…

  14. 15
    Juber says:

    Thanks And thanks and thanks For this Beutiful Prog , And this Beutiful Blog .

  15. 16
    me says:

    Thanks man. Thanks a million.

  16. 17
    Nothing says:

    Awesome little program .. worked great … thanks

  17. 18
    Sravan says:

    This is really superb…
    thanks a lot…

  18. 19
    Pete says:

    This sounds great. Are there any known issues under Vista [32 bit] ?

  19. 20
    White Shadow says:

    No known issues at the moment :)

  20. 21
    Pete says:

    Many thanks for such a quick response - vista seems to object to just about everything else I throw it it so I had to ask! I’ll give it a go & let you know if I find any probs, If I don’t then, thanks again in advance…

  21. 22
    Lauren says:

    Just wanted to add my thanks as well :)

  22. 23
    Hugh Mc says:

    Downloaded in seconds, ran in seconds, two files converted. Be proud of making these utils available

  23. 24
    Jon Hung says:

    thanks thanks thanks!

  24. 25
    Jim Hayes says:

    Nice Job!
    Does what you say it will do, no fuss no muss.
    Ran using WINE under Ubuntu Gutsy just fine.

  25. 26
    KrazzyKats says:

    Does exactly what it says it will do! Thank You! I was dreading purchasing MagicIso because of their lack of customer support. Thanks again!

  26. 27
    alison352 says:

    Tried running on Vista but just got the the cmd screen “flash”, so actually ran it from a commad prompt and got the error msg “wrong bbis signature”. Has anyone else had that?

  27. 28
    White Shadow says:

    I’d guess that means the file you have is not recognized by the current version of the converter.

  28. 29
    Stoner says:

    Awesome tool, I give thanks once again to the people willing to put time and effort into helping the world for free. Without people like you the net would be a smaller world or everyone would be giving money to fat cat corporations to further fund their strangle on the free world. As a student i really appreciate free software, without it my degree wouldn’t be happening.
    Thank you

  29. [...] ways to call it: extract UIF, convert UIF, unpack UIF, depack UIF, mount UIF (via ISO) and much much more you can Ima…. No more “Magic” on Iso to have this proprietary filetype busted. Thanks to W-Shadow [...]

  30. 31
    Mgicswiss says:

    Am I the only one with whom the program doesn’t seem to work? ;-)
    I just extracted all files that are included in “uif2iso_gui.zip” and “uif2iso.zip” into one folder, started the UIF converter, told it which uif.-file to process - only to get the message “uif2iso.exe was not found”. I don’t know any further… You do? :-)

  31. 32
    White Shadow says:

    The uif2iso.exe and uif_converter.exe should both be in the same folder when extracted. If they’re not, it will complain that “uif2iso.exe not found”.
    Anyway, the newest version of UIF2ISO comes with it’s own “GUI”, so my app is a bit obsolete… oh well :P

  32. 33
    rumey says:

    I can’t download the second zip file. I get a site in a language i don’t understand… looks like spanish but i could be mistaken

  33. 34
    Dev says:

    wonderful program.
    did exactly like it said. straight to the point and no bs :D
    good job pal

  34. 35
    Mariusz says:

    This really works…

  35. 36
    Mere says:

    Thank you so much for this. I wrestled for ages with magiciso having a conniption and not recognising the .uif.Once I converted with this brilliant little programme, everything is working like a charm. Thanks again :)

  36. 37
    Dayal says:

    Nice tool, very basic, I needed this to put WinXP SP2 on my CD as an ISO image and then setup a dual boot for linux

  37. 38
    tekkon says:

    nice job !!!

    I too was dreading getting stuck with MagicISO.

    87% and still kickin. Its a big file :)

  38. 39
    Jagababa says:

    Just what I needed
    Nice n’ simple to use & does the job quickly.
    Massively appreciated,
    Thanks

  39. 40
    alberto says:

    Fantastic job! Awesome, thnks so much. Though the file of the first link didnt work for me, kept on saying that “uif2iso.exe” not found. So i downloaded it from the 2nd link.
    great job

  40. 41
    dazza4423 says:

    Thank-you. Two perfect little pieces of software. Converted the UIF files Quickly and Easily.

  41. 42
    marbean706 says:

    wow! great program! thnx!

  42. 43
    savegraff07 says:

    I get a message when i try to convert just one particular file it says “wrong bbis signature ” any help please would be hugely helpful!! thanks!

  43. 44
    White Shadow says:

    Either the file is corrupted, or it’s of a version that isn’t supported by this converter.

  44. 45
    savegraff07 says:

    ok thanks, i’ve downloaded a different version of the program i was trying to convert now, makes it easier, i do have one more problem however, after successfully burning illustrator cs3, during the early setup stage it is asking me to insert adobe illustrator cs3 to continue, however it is already in! any help please??
    p.s the uif2iso program is amazing! so simple thank you very much!

  45. 46
    White Shadow says:

    Maybe it wasn’t cracked correctly? I wouldn’t know.
    You could try mounting the ISO file with something like Daemon Tools (google it) and seeing if it works then.

  46. 47
    Augusto says:

    Thanks!!!

  47. 48
    Kumar says:

    thanks man, really helpful

    keep rocking

  48. 49
    H4RDSTYL3R says:

    i can’t figure it out :/
    i don’t know what you me with “uif2iso.exe - its interface”? :s

  49. 50
    White Shadow says:

    It just means that if the converter doesn’t work for you, you could try running uif2iso.exe directly (as opposed to running uif_converter.exe). uif2iso.exe will show different windows (interface).

  50. 51
    H4RDSTYL3R says:

    my bad i didn’t read carefully :D i only downloadet the first ting :D

  51. [...] not waste time, and head on to the DAA Converter GUI or UIF Converter GUI download [...]

  52. 53
    thanos says:

    Excellent ….really helpful.

    Thanks

  53. 54
    Nandan says:

    Thanks. I could use the original program from Luigi and thanks for the links.

  54. [...] image format - search google for portable magiciso (no 300mb limit) a UIF to ISO converter - UIF to ISO Converter GUI | W-Shadow.com [...]

  55. 57
    Mark V says:

    You can check Linux .uif to .iso for some info and links regarding .uif images

  56. 58
    Seb Brechon says:

    grazie

  57. 59
    Sammocat says:

    Thank You , excellent job !
    I had burned a dvd with Magic _ _ _ , I ( WinXp) could not read all the files I verified them all with Isobuster. I also extracted them all with Isobuster without a problem , that’s when I decided to look for something else to work with for UIFs and found your GUI. It worked without a snag , made an ISO - mounted it on a V-Drive ran perfect.

    Thanks again

  58. 60
    Seo says:

    Basically, just click on these two links and you have downloaded everything you need http://w-shadow.com/files/uif2iso_gui.zip
    http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/uif2iso.zip

  59. 61
    Dennis says:

    Awesome. Thanks man. Worked perfect.

  60. 62
    Budo7 says:

    Works Great thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  61. 63
    janthan says:

    iam having a error massage

    error: wrong bbis signature

    sombody please give me a hand

  62. 64
    Rob says:

    The second link - Altervista.org site no longer works, so only one of the files can be downloaded and it won’t work w/o both.

    Bummer!

  63. 65
    White Shadow says:

    @Rob - it seems that page has been moved here.

  64. 66
    Philip says:

    The file uif2iso.zip is available at
    http://www.badongo.com/file/9762107

  65. 67
    jim says:

    i dont understand, ive put both files in the same folder, and ive ran it
    but it just keeps coming out saying it didnt work and its an image or something stupid, i really dont get it.

  66. 68
    steven says:

    thanks!!!!!
    i appreciate your work and in two occasions, you have provided me with the most comprehensive and effective tools.
    now, anytime i get stuck with something that is beyond my current knowledge, you will be the first to whom i turn.
    awesome job!!!!!

  67. 69
    fuzzydutch says:

    hahaha,this crap don’t work shit

  68. 70
    Kotenshu says:

    Thankyou so so so much!!!

    This is a really handy tool to have!

    It’s also nice to see someone make something and not load it with spammy ads and the like.
    Just a simple plain dialog box that WORKS!
    Thanks again.

  69. 71
    mike says:

    it keeps saving it as bin files instead of iso files???

  70. 72
    White Shadow says:

    @mike - try renaming them? Might work.

  71. 73
    user_NOT says:

    Well,if u tried to make a program which makes a B eeeep b e e e p sound and freezes, you succeded! Otherwise this does not worth a shit!
    And what is that ˝download other part from different site˝ about?! It´s like u buy left sock in NY and right one in DC!

  72. 74
    White Shadow says:

    @user_NOT - Arrgh, you have discovered the crucial weak point in my plan for world domination. Alas! Et cetera.

    Read the big cursive notice at the top of the post, you commenter person :P

  73. 75
    amy says:

    Sorry but this doesnt work at all. I used the zip i went to convert and it just keeps saying that uifexe is not there when i am using the program. oh well will get it sooner or later lol thanks anyways probably something i am doing wrong.

  74. 76
    White Shadow says:

    @amy - You could try the uif2iso.exe from this zip.

  75. 77
    Donis says:

    well for me it does not work :/ both files installed in one directoryan other stufff…
    the opens a black window… simbols are running but little later everything stops
    just don’t know what to do :/

  76. 78
    White Shadow says:

    @Donis - Have you tried running the other .exe file, i.e. uif2iso.exe?

  77. 79
    Colgate says:

    This works PERFECTLY! Just follow the instructions go download both files and the unpack them in the same folder. Then launch the launcher, ???

    No Problems at all.

    Thansk love this program :)!

  78. 80
    Elcid says:

    Please could someone help me out:

    I get this ERROR msg saying ‘wrong bbis signature’.

    The file i’m trying to convert is a UIF file. The story behind it is that i originally compressed a few folders with WinRar and then further compressed those with Magic ISO. Probably a silly thing to do but now it won’t open on Magic ISO because i get ‘can’t find the file or file isn’t CD image file’.

    So i’m trying to convert it from UIF to ISO but i get this error msg ‘wrong bbis signature’.

    Someone please help?

  79. 81
    White Shadow says:

    I suspect that if MagicISO can’t recognize the file then you probably won’t be able to get the converter to work either; the file is probably corrupted in some way.

  80. 82
    Elcid says:

    @White Shadow -

    Ok Shadow… though if it is corrupted, would that mean all the content that was compressed is now kaput and that there is no way i can recover it???

    Here’s hoping there’s a solution!! Fingers crossed!

    Elcid

  81. 83
    White Shadow says:

    @Elcid - Well, I don’t think I can help with that :/ Maybe you need a different version of MagicISO to open the file?

  82. 84
    CryS says:

    T_T help please

    mine says:
    “Error: the compressed input is wrong or incomplete”

  83. 85
    White Shadow says:

    @CryS - I think that means the file is corrupted; or maybe it’s not recognized by the converter. I’m afraid I can’t help you there.

  84. 86
    gadp56 says:

    I found myself with this fu…ng uif problem and tried with innocence the “right” way to solve it, and nothing at all… what a frustration. So looking for and trying various other ways finally the great light appeared when I found your GUI, and got a 100% perfect ISO.

    Really a great job, Luigi, as a user it is simple and effective, many thanks many times, god bless you for your kindly effort.

    Please excuse my bad english, thanks again,

    gadp56

  85. 87
    Pokiehl arcsing says:

    worked great, thank you.

  86. 88
    Mike says:

    I am getting the message

    uif2iso.exe was not found try re-downloading the program

    I downloaded it again and keep getting this message

  87. 89
    White Shadow says:

    @Mike - Have you verified that there is, in fact, an uif2iso.exe file in the directory?…

  88. Thanks to you and Luigi!
    Works great.
    Best wishes.

  89. 91
    Vaibhav Arora says:

    Great Job Dude….How u people manage to do these kind of stuff???
    WOrks Fine!!!!!!!!! Download both the files mentioned and extracr them in the same folder…

  90. 92
    kanSAL says:

    thanx ………it helped me lot……..great work

  91. 93
    Sander says:

    Thnk you duude, this baby works like a charm…:D (and even beter and faster, than magicISO maker)

  92. 94
    Anon says:

    Thank you so much for re- posting, Philip!

    Was availible @ 14:20 24th September 2008
    http://www.badongo.com/file/9762107

  93. 95
    Tobias says:

    Nice job - gotta love freeware that just works!

    Appreciate the work :)

  94. 96
    Moon SOo says:

    Thanks nice software

  95. 97
    vitoria says:

    plz help me take a lot of people convert a file here most of the following message:
    uif2iso.exe was not found again try to download a program

  96. 99
    JeoffBear says:

    Luigi you are indeed a legend…..thank you!!!

    As for Magic ISO…..screw you! ….have you ever heard of ‘karma’?

  97. 100
    m0use says:

    Very well done, thank you for easing our pain.

    BTW I loled at the command prompt… “-enable magiciso_is_sh** encryption”

    priceless

  98. 101
    Prateeque says:

    Beautiful…
    this is genius

  99. 102
    SHRI says:

    HI guys thanks a ton to you and Luigi Auriemna.
    You guys are life savers from premium f**k like magic iso.
    I bloody tried for 2 whole hrs and magic iso was giving all kinds of error.
    Then i found your s/w in GOOGLE. Your program so short and sweet. Worked like butter. Keep up the great work.
    Hats of to your intelligence and kindness to share programs.
    God Bless you and Luigi

  100. 103
    Chris C. says:

    Great program, as are a lot of the other useful programs in this site, I wish I would have stumbled across this like two frustrating hours ago. Thanks and keep up the great work!

  101. 104
    sapka12 says:

    Great program! I hate PowerISo, becouse i cant use it freeware. but i dont have to use it anymore!! THANKS!

  102. 105
    Rafael says:

    I tried to convert a .uif file, but when I click on the Convert button, it appears a message saying:
    “uif2iso.exe was not found! Re-downloading the application would solve the problem”,