CD-burning with *.BIN file 1

[woggie]

Greetings, all -

I've acquired a 700+ NB file with a *.BIN extension, supposedly suitable for burning to CD. I'm using Nero Burning 6.0 but there is no mention in the help system in the program of what this file is or how it needs to be burned in order to be playable. It is supposed to be a movie video file, but I don't know how to play a *.BIN file. Can anyone help me?

Cheers, woggie

 

[cdogg]

A *.BIN file is a type of CD image. What you need is a BIN-to-ISO converter. In ISO format, Nero should be able to burn it to CD.

Now of course, there's another program out there called Fireburner, which is great for both BIN and ISO files. It used to be free a while back, but I think it's shareware now and can be found on Cnet's website. It may not have much documentation either, but works like a charm.


~cdogg
[tab]"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
[tab][tab]- A. Einstein

 

[ddoorn]

Within Nero 6 Start Smart go to the 5th icon, called "Copy & Backup" and select "Burn an Image to Disc." With Nero 6, browse for your .bin or corresponding .cue file, select "burn" and you're all set.

Hope this helps...!

 

[woggie]

Thanx frenz -

Sorry - I misspoke - I actually have Nero 5.5, not 6.0, and it doesn't have such a thing as "Start Smart". Any clues for my version?

If I can avoid it, I'd rather not pay for the upgrade yet - or pay for Fireburner.

BTW, cdogg, I installed the demo of Fireburner and it doesn't seem to give the option to open a *.BIN file.

Cheers, woggie

 

[SYAR2003]

You need the xxx.cue sheet file for the image also.
Open in Nero Burning rom (Cancel the wizard).
Menu - Recorder - Burn Image .
Point to the xx.cue sheet file and burn.
If you dont have the cue sheet open the bin file
and try burning it with datamode2.

SYAR

 

[cdogg]

woggie

Yes, you need to have both the *.CUE and *.BIN files. In Fireburner, you want to browse and open the CUE file which reads the BIN file automatically. Then you should have options to burn it to CD.


~cdogg
[tab]"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
[tab][tab]- A. Einstein

 

[norty303]

You don't necessarily need the cue file to burn a bin in Nero 5.5. .bin is the native format for CDRWIN also so you may try that.

To burn a bin in Nero just go to File--> Burn Image (I think this is right, I'm not in front of a pc with Nero on it atm!)

Then select All Files in file types and browse to where your .bin is. Select and ok and when you try to burn, Nero will tell you if it's detected that the (I can't remember exactly - tracks, sectors, bits - it's not wholey relevant)do not match the format of the file. There seem to be only 2 choices so select the other one if you get the message and proceed as normal.

I burn all my .bin files like this. All the .cue file does is tell Nero the name of the .bin file and the sector (or whatever) size

 

[Grenage]

I second fireburner as a great image burner although I had the same problem as woggie a month or so ago.

Although it is "shareware" it does not actually let you burn an image until you register it.

 

[bcastner]

The bcastner nearly universal .cue file:

********* start of cut and paste

FILE "xxxxx.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 MODE2/2352
INDEX 00 00:04:00
INDEX 01 00:06:00

******* end of cut and paste

For everything but SVCD with chapters, this nearly universal .cue file will work with your bin files.

Put the path/filename of the bin for the xxxxxx above, be sure the .bin filename is in quotes, and the .bin file extension is used.

Point Nero or other burning software to the this cue and away you go.

 

[woggie]

norty303 - Thanx much - I tried it and it appeared to work. No problems, no errors ... but Windows couldn't read the format for some reason.

bcastner - Thank you too. Again, it appeared to work fine but Windows wouldn't read it.

I'm thinking that the BIN file itself may be hooped.

Thanx for all your help guys (& girls?). I've learned something from your input.

Cjeers, woggie

 

[cdogg]

When you say "[blue]Windows wouldn't read it[/blue]", are you talking about the finished CD after burning the image?

Did you try:
1) ejecting the CD and reinserting it (sometimes the burner cache doesn't clear correctly until you eject the CD)
2) Running the burned CD on another PC
3) Using Windows Explorer to explore the CD - do you see anything?

Yes, it is possible that the BIN file was no good, but of course, I've never fiddled around with one that wasn't accompanied by a CUE file. So perhaps that's part of the reason...


~cdogg
[tab]"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
[tab][tab]- A. Einstein

 

[SYAR2003]

if you don't close the write session after burning
an iso i think you get this problem .

 

[buck65]

ok i have a bung of .bin files .cue file and i need to combine them i think what do i need to do they all have the same name so i dont wanna overwrite them help me!!!!

 

[norty303]

As I say I can only talk from experience and I burn all my .bin files in Nero with no .cue file. The important info in the .cue is the track mode and Nero detects if it's set to the wrong one automatically and prompts for a correction.

 

[woggie]

cdogg - When Nero finishes the burn it asks if you want to save, print, or discard the log of the burn - I always choose to discard it. Then it ejects the disc automatically. I re-insert it ... normally Windows would either auto-play it or would prompt me for the program with which to open the CD - doesn't do either.

When I try to view the disc's contents in Windows Explorer, it prompts me to insert a disc, as though there is no disc in the drive. If left alone that disappears and a msgbox comes up labelled "Disk is not formatted" with the text "Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might be corrupted, or it could be using a format that is not compatible with Windows."

I get the same result when I put the disc into
the DVD drive in the same PC (P4-2.4B, 1 GB RAM, Liteon 48x24x48x burner) and when I insert it in my wife's Dell's DVD drive.

Cannot log on to the disc in the command prompt either. I get "The volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted."

syar2003 - I used write-at-once to CD-R. I'm not positive but I believe that closes the session before ejecting, doesn't it?

norty303 - Nero did not prompt for any corrections to track mode when I used the "bcastner nearly universal .cue file" shown above, so I guess it believed it, eh?

Thank you all for your responses!

Cheers, woggie

 

[bcastner]

I have never had a failure on this .cue file unless there was some other issue with the burn.
*** the next line should be the first line in the file
FILE "xxxxx.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 MODE2/2352
INDEX 00 00:04:00
INDEX 01 00:06:00
*** the line above should be the last line in the .cue file

Replace xxxxx with the real filename of the .bin

Point Nero or any other burner program to the .cue file, and it will (except for Chapters as noted above) work perfectly well for VCD, program, and other .BIN formats.

Perfectly.

 

[Richragan]

I have the same problem as woggie.

I'm using Nero 6 and have successfully written .bin files before. I have one now that gets the same error as woggie after I write it to a disk.

In Nero 6, I select Recorder/Burn Image and then select view all files as there is no specific option for .bin files. When I used data mode 1 I received an error that I had to ignore. When I used data mode 2 there was no error. The disk writes, but then I get the error "Windows cannot read from the disk. ..."

I also tried creating the .cue file suggested by bcastner with the same result.

If nothing else, I can confirm that woggie's problem is not a unique one.

 

[SYAR2003]

Explore the file with isobuster or winiso 5.3.

 

[Mengbillar]

uhm well you can avoid all the .cue trouble by using a virtual drive. (comes with clonecd and deamon tools etc i think nero has something like that as well but i heard its buggy..) then you can see if the image itsself even works. if so you can do a on-the-fly copy with any writing program

 

[Maxe]

Woggie

I took the suggestion from above from bcastner and tryed it and it did not work for me either.

The bcastner nearly universal .cue file:

********* start of cut and paste

FILE "xxxxx.bin" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 MODE2/2352
INDEX 00 00:04:00
INDEX 01 00:06:00

******* end of cut and paste

For everything but SVCD with chapters, this nearly universal .cue file will work with your bin files.

Put the path/filename of the bin for the xxxxxx above, be sure the .bin filename is in quotes, and the .bin file extension is used.

Point Nero or other burning software to the this cue and away you go.

So I changed it to look like this and it works now.

********* start of cut and paste

FILE "xxxxx" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

******* end of cut and paste

Hope this helps you out and is not to late.