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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>Universal Image Format or UIF is a proprietary disc image format for CDs and DVDs designed for MagicISO. Compared to the widespread simpler image formats like .iso and .bin, UIF adds <a href="/facts/Data_compression/gMFuY4FT">compression</a>, password-protected <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a>, MD5 <a href="/facts/Checksum/AqxQ0I8g">checksums</a>, and multi-session images.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> MagicISO supports CIF files created by <a href="/facts/Easy_CD_Creator/XtpL1WNk">Easy CD Creator</a>, but only <a href="/facts/CD-R/yjBjpaIM">data CDs</a> (ISO 9660 compatibles), not audio CDs. MagicISO also installs a context menu which is not removed with the software when uninstalled; rather, it remains on the system you installed the program on and is not easily removed. MagicDisc, known as MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD Manager, is a <a href="/facts/Freeware/c8oGA9ju">freeware</a> virtual drive counterpart to MagicISO. It is a separate application needed to mount discs virtually. MagicDisc can also decompress UIF images to ISO format.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_ISO_image_software/k4o4IQTP">List of ISO image software</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://aluigi.org/mytoolz.htm#uif2iso">UIF2ISO</a> - open-source tool to convert MagicISO UIF images into <a href="/facts/ISO_image/LrE8odYa">ISO images</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.uiftoiso.com">UIF to ISO</a> - free tool to convert UIF images into <a href="/facts/ISO_image/LrE8odYa">ISO images</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"What's an UIF Image". MagicISO.com. MagicISO Inc. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060903220125/http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-whatuif.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20060903220125/http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-whatuif.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>UIF2ISO source code: http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm#uif2iso <a href="http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm#uif2iso" target="_blank">http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz.htm#uif2iso</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Overview". MagicISO.com. MagicISO Inc. Archived from the original on 13 April 2005. Retrieved 2 September 2010. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050413222549/http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20050413222549/http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>