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This tool has been superseded by the original uif2iso converter (© Luigi Auriemna), which now has it’s own GUI.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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thanks
Rock On! Thanks for two great tools!
thanks for an awsome progam. Did the job, no nicnacs.
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
I´m very VERY glad that people like you exist!!
wtf? mine wont convert…says it cant convert it….cos its not there…but i JUST downloaded it! GRR
Hmm. Maybe to move the file to a different location and try again? Are you using the ‘…’ button to select the file?
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.
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%.
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.
Ah, okay
Excellent piece of software, can highly recommend. Does exactly what it says on the tin.
I figured it out now…
Thanks And thanks and thanks For this Beutiful Prog , And this Beutiful Blog .
Thanks man. Thanks a million.
Awesome little program .. worked great … thanks
This is really superb…
thanks a lot…
This sounds great. Are there any known issues under Vista [32 bit] ?
No known issues at the moment
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…
Just wanted to add my thanks as well
Downloaded in seconds, ran in seconds, two files converted. Be proud of making these utils available
thanks thanks thanks!
Nice Job!
Does what you say it will do, no fuss no muss.
Ran using WINE under Ubuntu Gutsy just fine.
Does exactly what it says it will do! Thank You! I was dreading purchasing MagicIso because of their lack of customer support. Thanks again!
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?
I’d guess that means the file you have is not recognized by the current version of the converter.
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
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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?
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
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
wonderful program.
did exactly like it said. straight to the point and no bs
good job pal
This really works…
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
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
nice job !!!
I too was dreading getting stuck with MagicISO.
87% and still kickin. Its a big file
Just what I needed
Nice n’ simple to use & does the job quickly.
Massively appreciated,
Thanks
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
Thank-you. Two perfect little pieces of software. Converted the UIF files Quickly and Easily.
wow! great program! thnx!
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!
Either the file is corrupted, or it’s of a version that isn’t supported by this converter.
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!
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.
Thanks!!!
thanks man, really helpful
keep rocking
i can’t figure it out :/
i don’t know what you me with “uif2iso.exe – its interface”? :s
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).
my bad i didn’t read carefully
i only downloadet the first ting 
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Excellent ….really helpful.
Thanks
Thanks. I could use the original program from Luigi and thanks for the links.
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You can check Linux .uif to .iso for some info and links regarding .uif images
grazie
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
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
Awesome. Thanks man. Worked perfect.
Works Great thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iam having a error massage
error: wrong bbis signature
sombody please give me a hand
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!
@Rob – it seems that page has been moved here.
The file uif2iso.zip is available at
http://www.badongo.com/file/9762107
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.
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!!!!!
hahaha,this crap don’t work shit
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.
it keeps saving it as bin files instead of iso files???
@mike – try renaming them? Might work.
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!
@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
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.
@amy – You could try the uif2iso.exe from this zip.
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 :/
@Donis – Have you tried running the other .exe file, i.e. uif2iso.exe?
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
!
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?
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.
@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
@Elcid – Well, I don’t think I can help with that :/ Maybe you need a different version of MagicISO to open the file?
T_T help please
mine says:
“Error: the compressed input is wrong or incomplete”
@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.
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
worked great, thank you.
I am getting the message
uif2iso.exe was not found try re-downloading the program
I downloaded it again and keep getting this message
@Mike – Have you verified that there is, in fact, an uif2iso.exe file in the directory?…
Thanks to you and Luigi!
Works great.
Best wishes.
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…
thanx ………it helped me lot……..great work
Thnk you duude, this baby works like a charm…:D (and even beter and faster, than magicISO maker)
Thank you so much for re- posting, Philip!
Was availible @ 14:20 24th September 2008
http://www.badongo.com/file/9762107
Nice job – gotta love freeware that just works!
Appreciate the work
Thanks nice software
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
@vitoria – uif2iso.exe in an archive
Luigi you are indeed a legend…..thank you!!!
As for Magic ISO…..screw you! ….have you ever heard of ‘karma’?
Very well done, thank you for easing our pain.
BTW I loled at the command prompt… “-enable magiciso_is_sh** encryption”
priceless
Beautiful…
this is genius
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
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!
Great program! I hate PowerISo, becouse i cant use it freeware. but i dont have to use it anymore!! THANKS!
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”, or something like that.
Please, can someone help me?
@Rafael – see this link
great! thank you luigi!!!!!
Simply Brilliant! thank you so much!
Great! Worked like charm!
thank you very much!!!
why on earth does it turn my .uif into a zip file?
@rhi – It’s probably not a .zip file. More likely is that your archiver software (e.g. WinRAR) has associated itself with the .iso extension and treats it as an archive. You should still be able to use the file as an .iso, e.g. mount or burn it with the appropriate program.
Worked great for me! Drag and drop, convert and bada-bing!… .iso! Mounted game iso on virtual drive with Daemon and started playing!
Hey man, your converter worked really well.
thanks very much.
@Rafael – “Download : uif2iso_gui.zip (230 Kb) and uif2iso.zip from this page.” Bro u have to download both the files!! then extract(they are zip files) them in the same folder.
i had the same problem…my problem was that i’ve missed to download both files….you have 2 download both files and extract them in one folder!!
http://w-shadow.com/files/uif2iso_gui.zip
and
http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/uif2iso.zip
nice greetings!
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Thanks a lot!
Everything worked well. =)
Excelent work mate
Nice job,Hope some day the Programming Tutorials will be added into ur cool website
cheers
Thanks,
for a second i was dead, wht to do with uif file.
but ur conversion file worked fine. saved a lot of time and bandwidth.
You saved a me a ton of trouble. Thanks a ton!
Merry Christmas!
@kentaro J – Merry Christmas, to all
Thanks, man! Great work!!!
Thank you =D Works really good and pretty fast <3
THANK YOU VERY MUCHHHHH
Hi — can anyone tell me why I get this message? Tries to convert and says,
wrong bbis signature . Thanks.
The file is either corrupted or not supported by this converter.
B.E.A. utiful! works like a charm.
Thks
file uift2iso.exe in the.zip file when extracts is labeled as corrupted and it doesn’t work. What to do Thanks
@ EyeDr : Re-download the .zip file.
Already done but unsuccessfully. Every time “file corrupted ERC”
Well, try this one then.
Thx alot this app ROCKS! no fancy crap but getting the job done very well. Kepp up the good work
nAO FUNCIONA…………….
Nice work there. This is a must for anyone working with uif files, if you don’t want to use magic iso, like me.
[Portuguese]NUNEWS, funciona sim: vc tem que ter colocar os dois arquivos no mesmo diretório. O que ele fez foi criar uma interface amigável para quem não sabe trabalhar com o prompt de comando.
Thanks for a great program that did the job first time of asking.
when i convert it it saves it as just file for a format w/e that’s supposed to me. ive never heard of file for a type of file
wiki-wiki-wicked!!!!
I use this uif to iso converter – AnyToISO, it also converts many others formats to ISO. Also works on Mac.
Dear Luigi,
You are a genious and I agree with you, the Fuck with Magic ISO, they should stick to international formats and not create one where you are forced to buy a stupid program just to convert the file.
Viva la bella Italia, ci vediamo e mile grazzie
Hey,
When I tried to convert my UIF file, instead of converting into ISO, it separated into three files: MDF, MDS, and CUE. The title of the CUE had uif_iso.exe in the title.
I made sure that the uif2iso and the uif2_gui were extracted to the same location, so where’s the problem?
Thanks!
Hmm, interesting. Google indicates MDF is a format used by Alcohol 120%, so perhaps you cuold try that software to open it.
Work of genius!
Thanks to your creative program and Luigi!
Shame on those uif makers and developers (lamest of lamerz!)
Thanks again!
You Rock Man!!!
Hats Off!!, Keep it Up.
Thanks a lot.
You Are Awesome That Is Exactly What I Needed It Worked Perfectly
Just Saved To My Desktop
http://w-shadow.com/files/uif2iso_gui.zip
And
http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/uif2iso.zip
Extracted Them
Loaded My .UIF File Into It
Pressed Convert File
And Boom Had My .ISO File
All I Had To Do Then Is Extract My .ISO File To Get My Software Within It
Thank You Sooo Much For This Tool I Have Needed One For A Long Time You Rock Dude
Well, I had no “Boom” (guess because of the size of the file), but basically it happened the same way. It’s nice, thanks.
hey guys.
do one of you know why my uif2iso converter makes two .cue files that are 105bytes and 78bytes big? ive got a .uif file and it doesnt converts a file that is 567mb big to a new file that i can use. these two byte sized files doesnt work. can do nothing with them.
does anyone know why it does this and how i can convert my uif files so i can use em?
thanks alot in advance
Awesome tool! Saved me a lot of headaches! Keep up the good work!
Cool!
It worked fine for me! I looked several months ago without such good luck.
Thanks alot ..
Good…
Man, I’d kiss you if only I knew where you lived!
Freeware ftfw!
good dude thank u
Thanks! No need to be suckered into buying MagicISO.
It says “wrong blrh signature ”
What should I do?
oops sorry it says blhr..
Nice work! Thanks…
how to open UIF file with alcohol 120%…
why can’t nero fix these, open all type of file in one disk burning application, uif with magic iso, mdf with alchol, Nero have to change there application work
This GUI works great (and so does the original program)! Thanks very much for creating it! No need to waste money on MagicISO.
Thank yo so much for sharing this to everyone!! this is so effective! Thank YOU!!!!
thnx
Thanks man..!
hey when i try to open the uif_converter.exe and load the file and press convert button, nothing happens… and if i try the uif2iso.exe it won’t work because there was a corrupted file in the download… i try re-dl it but same thing… how can i fix this/ get around it?
alright kk need more info if you need help get email this email address and ill give you a yahoo id to pm i just dont want to post an id here bad things could happen but what sounds like is happening is some setting in your firewall or antivirus is stripping it for some reason my firewall did the same thing first time i downloaded it but disabling the firewall and downloading it i had no problems maybe try disabling those and redownloading it or maybe you didnt download the gui file as it wont work if you dont it didnt for me anyway if you just have to gui file then the EXE wont work you do need both files downloaded for it to work properly this is all i can honestly say from my part but it worked fine for me
For:Stian
i converted a gig an half to iso with no problem if you dont have enough ram it wont work so that might be your problem maybe not i can only speak on my behalf but i converted a gig and a half no problems from UIF-ISO and burnt it to a disc with no issues it might be a corrupted file honestly i have had that happen to me before but ive used this thing so much its insane
Either of you continue having problems feel free to email me at buckingfitch2020@yahoo.com i check it daily and i hope this helps you both in some way if not i apologize
Can anyone say, virus?
“Don’t worry, it’ll all Bo2k.”
Thanks! you’re our hero!
Thanks to all concerned with this.
MagicIso really is a heap of sh!t.
Thanks for this gui, that’s roxx !
THANKSSSSSSSS MY BROTHERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Worked perfectly,
thanks a bunch
Great program!! Simple and fast!!
Thank you so much
hey, if i use the progam i get 3 type of files, MDS CUE and MDF bhut no iso, i don’t know much about files so what must i do now?
it worked!
thank yous
now i just gotta get an unformatted cpu to recognize the disc
image or data??
awesome!!!!!! thank u
Hi, i think you should add an error report message to GUI, it will make your GUI more efficient.
great, its work smoothly……. thank to you both……. keep up this good work……
Error:wrong bbis signature
Press RETURN to quit
why???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Chapeau pour cette petite merveille !
Merci pour ce freeware, il fonctionne super !!!!
Thank you man!!!
You saved my bandwidth!!!
Thank’s broooo
wrong bbis signature…
wat now?
Dunno what to say! I downloaded a game torrent and was uif file, then
spent over 1h trying to find a way to OPEN uif file without magic iso.
Now i found a way to convert it and actually OPEN it with free-to-download
software.
to whoever spent time on making this:
THANKS MAN!!!
Yes, you are right! DAA and UIF file are easy (and for free) converted into ISO.
I realized a video tutorial:
“How To Burn, open, convert a DAA or UIF file converting it into ISO”:
http://www.newsvillage.net/english/75-howto/433-how-to-burn-open-convert-a-daa-or-uif-file-converting-it-into-iso.html
Bye
Xerix32
Thank you,
It worked just fine.
I unziped the two files, uif2iso_gui.zip and uif2iso.zip
using 7-zip.
Then double clicked ufi_converter.exe and filled in the name of the uif file downloaded with u-Torrent. This created the .iso file.
Extracted the resulting iso file, again using 7-zip [www.7-zip.org].
All [there were 50 of them] extracted .chm, .txt and .pdf files were readable.
very best,
Teacher1st
L’viv, Ukraine