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This tool has been superseded by the original daa2iso converter (© Luigi Auriemna), which now has it’s own GUI.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.

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  1. ø The DAA File - Everything You Need To Know | W-Shadow.com ø says:
    December 27, 2007 at 21:55

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  3. Slappy says:
    January 7, 2008 at 17:02

    I love you all……thanks soooo much for all your hard work!

  4. chay says:
    January 8, 2008 at 07:51

    Thank you for posting this and taking your time to write the GUI, it certainly is useful.

  5. Matt says:
    January 8, 2008 at 13:43

    This rocks; thanks for your time and trouble.

  6. Mike says:
    January 11, 2008 at 00:48

    Thank you so much. This is really awesome. We all really appreciate all the time and hardwork you put into making this. 🙂

  7. DaveH360 says:
    January 13, 2008 at 12:44

    Thanx.Great little progam

  8. Myron Creed says:
    January 13, 2008 at 16:58

    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 ^^

  9. Meedo says:
    January 13, 2008 at 20:37

    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

  10. White Shadow says:
    January 13, 2008 at 21:00

    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.

  11. Gabe B says:
    January 14, 2008 at 10:13

    Thank you so much.

  12. the_beh0lder says:
    January 15, 2008 at 11:53

    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…

  13. Dirk says:
    January 15, 2008 at 21:04

    It really looks like a great tool, but I can’t download it anymore. Could you please upload the daa2Iso utility?

  14. White Shadow says:
    January 15, 2008 at 21:10

    The download works fine on my end.

  15. Andho says:
    January 15, 2008 at 21:20

    Thank you very much

  16. Zorro :zorro: says:
    January 16, 2008 at 02:43

    Great little Utility. very user friendly :thankyou:

  17. Anil Sharma says:
    January 16, 2008 at 10:13

    Did anyone succeed in using daa2iso on linux (via “wine” or other way)?

  18. metropol says:
    January 16, 2008 at 13:01

    Works perfect! Many thanks for sharing Your work.

  19. Lars Roan says:
    January 17, 2008 at 09:33

    Now it is just as easy as Power ISO – but free. Thanks!

  20. deskBound says:
    January 20, 2008 at 06:16

    Thank you very much for this – your hard work has been much appreciated by me and others. Thanks once again!

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