.BIN files

[michaelb]

hi there,
can someone direct me to the thread on how to's with burning a .bin file ?

please,

and thank you

mb.

[blutach]

Sounds like any other data file. Just use your favourite burning program to burn it to disk.

Regards

[setarip]

To michaelb

"can someone direct me to the thread on how to's with burning a .bin file ?"

"Sounds like any other data file.Just use your favourite burning program to burn it to disk."


Unfortunately, if you do that, all you'll have is a useless coaster.

You should have BOTH a "Cue" file and a "Bin" file.
You do not just burn a BIN file on a data CD... Otherwise you get a big, useless BIN file.

You have to burn it as an image.

File/Burn Image/

Then choose the CUE file..

[blutach]

You're the BIG BOSS. But he didn't say that he wanted to do anything except save the BIN, BOSS.

Regards

[jm1647]

.bin files are used for many purposes. As a LiteOn burner owner as other burners the firmware can be/is backed up and flashed in .bin format

heres a little article I found

What are .bin files for?
The mystery solved, well sort of.
By Red Squirrel


This is a very brief article but this has been an issue that baffles allot of people, so figured I'd do a quick write up on it to clear things up a bit on what .bin files are.

Bin files, unlike other files such as .exe, .wpd, .doc, .xls etc don't have an actual program used to open them specifically. A .bin file is sort of a universal file for binary file. So it can be anything from a rom for an emulator, to image/sound data for a game.

There are a few widely used utilizations for .bin files. One of them is CD images. It is similar to an ISO image. Usually a .bin file will also require a .cue file that goes with it. Programs such as Alcohol 120%, ISO Buster, Nero (etc) can open these. The cue file is usually very simple and can be created by entering the following in a .cue file.

FILE "C:\locationoffile.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00


Then you would simply open Nero or other burning program that supports .bin images and burn from there. Also, with daemon-tools it's possible to mount it as a virtual CD ROM without even burning it, this is useful for testing to ensure an image actually works, before burning it and realize you just made a coaster.

But like mentioned, .bin files are not for a single purpose. CD images is one of them, but so is other things such as game roms and such. Mame is a good example of an emulator that uses .bin files.

.bin files have too many uses to list them all but CD images and ROMs seem to be the two biggest users. AVG (and possibly other Avs) use them, windows uses them (ex: mib.bin which appears to be for SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). I even found a bin file in my printer's driver directory. So they're used pretty much everywhere and can be looked at in the same way as a file with no extension, which has multiple purposes. The main reason each program won't just come up with their own is probably to avoid using extensions that are used by other programs. So "less important" binary files are usually just named .bin to avoid hassle.

There's not much more to say about these files unless I start covering every single use, so I will end the article here. I hope it cleared things up on what .bin files do.

[setarip]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see if "michaelb" is referring to a video file (As I'm presuming, since this is a Video-specific set of forums) that typically requires a companion "Cue" file (similar to the ".MDS" companion file required for some image files), or something else...

[mikeylikess99]

file

hi i have a question, have a movie which is too large for a 700mb hundred cd, and it comes with a cue and bin file. is there a process i can use to make this bin file cut in half so i can put on a regular cd, or anything else. id sure appreciate any help on solvin this delimna. thanks in advance for any help.

[MizNVM]

What happens is a folder has 4 bin and 4 cue files all for the same movie....how can i burn these on a dvd?

I have never encountered 4 of each before, so I am kinda stuck. Anyone care to help me please?

[mikeylikess99]

bin files

does anyone know if bin files can be converted to mpg .avi..or other format....dont have the cue file to burn these? thanx in advance.

[UncasMS]

use isobuster to extract the content

[mikeylikess99]

bin file

hi ms..thanks for the speedy response, tryed that..used the extractor, and it gave me an mpg that says 0 mbs..so i dont think that worked..

[jm1647]

You could try making your own cue file or try bin to iso here

[mikeylikess99]

bin

thanks jm..ill give thata try.