Bin And Cue Files

[webgyrl]

I was wondering if someone can tell me if BIN and CUE files are to be burned to a CD ROM or a DVD?

 

I am familiar with ISO files and how they work, but I have this CD ROM with a zip file on it and it says BIN and CUE and I have no idea how to burn them to make a working CD where I can install the program.

 

I read up on this and it says you have to have NERO 6 to load in the CUE file and then it burns the disk. I don't have Nero, I have ROXIO EZ CD and DVD Creator. For some reason this program does not even know what do to with the CUE or BIN file.

 

I don't have a DVD burner on my computer, but maybe I can use a friend's system.

 

Can anyone tell me if these BIN and CUE files are specifically for DVD based programs or maybe point me in the right direction? Or am I totally off and is this kind of file for MAC computers? I am running a Windows PC.

 

Thanks

Edited May 31, 2005 by webgyrl

[Deverill]

Hi Nat!

I personally don't know anything about those formats but the FAQ I found online should answer your questions or at least lead you in the right direction.

[borfast]

.bin and .cue files are CD or DVD image files. EZ CD/DVD Creator should be able to open them and burn them to a CD/DVD.

 

This may seem a bit too obvious but you say have a Zip file, have you decompressed it to get the two .bin and .cue files?

[webgyrl]

Hi Nat!

  I personally don't know anything about those formats but the FAQ I found online should answer your questions or at least lead you in the right direction.

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Hey Jim!

 

Thanks for the link!

[webgyrl]

.bin and .cue files are CD or DVD image files. EZ CD/DVD Creator should be able to open them and burn them to a CD/DVD.

 

This may seem a bit too obvious but you say have a Zip file, have you decompressed it to get the two .bin and .cue files?

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Hey Raul,

 

Yes I did decompress the zip. I double clicked the cue file to load it up and it said the file was not recognized.

 

So these files can be for CD ROM or DVD? How would I know what file belongs on a DVD and what would belong on a CD ROM? TI thought for sure I needed to have a DVD burner or something. Hopefully I can get this working.

Edited June 1, 2005 by webgyrl

[webgyrl]

Jim,

 

That link was excellent. Much better than any of the stuff I perused yesterday.

 

Now I am beginning to wonder if this BIN file just may be corrupt. A friend of mine has an aquaintance that is working on developing a new tour accounting software package and he burned these files for my friend who in turn burned the zip file for me. I wonder if something got messed up.

 

Will keep playing till I get it right!

 

Thanks

[Deverill]

Glad it helped! Of course, a corrupt file is always a possibility. I hope you get it figured out soon - you got music to make, gyrl!

[carbonize]

Bin/Cue files are a vriation of the CD/DVD images available. The Bin file is the actual image whilst the Cue file is just information about the Bin file that tells the burner how to handle the data. Any DVD/CD burning software should handle Bin/Cue files. I personally recommend Nero.

[webgyrl]

Bin/Cue files are a vriation of the CD/DVD images available. The Bin file is the actual image whilst the Cue file is just information about the Bin file that tells the burner how to handle the data. Any DVD/CD burning software should handle Bin/Cue files. I personally recommend Nero.

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Yup I ended up getting Nero and the files burned fine. I wonder why EZ CD Creator didn't work?

 

Anyway... got it all working. Thanks to everyone for the help.

[TCH-Don]

Nero is so much better than easy cd creator and better supported.