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imported_Sly_Cooper
10-25-2003, 12:32 PM
???
3RA1N1AC
10-25-2003, 12:50 PM
BIN files are typically a bunch of files compiled into a single one that's ready to be written by a CD burner. with Nero for example, you would click "burn image," load the BIN, burn it, and the resulting CD would contain the files that the BIN contained (instead of the BIN in its original form).

you can browse and extract things from BINs with a program like ISOBuster or Daemon Tools. ISOBuster simply lets you browse the BIN and extract files from it, as if it's like a ZIP file. Daemon Tools "mounts" the BIN and then Windows will treat it like an actual CD-Rom.

if a movie comes in BIN form, then it's prolly an "image" of a full VCD (with the folders and everything).
Adster
10-25-2003, 12:58 PM
you can actully preview them with video lan even if their unfinished
sparsely
10-25-2003, 01:04 PM
/me recommends Alcohol 120% for all your burning/virtual drive needs.
Adster
10-25-2003, 01:07 PM
mmmmmmmm Alcohol

nice might grab some :)
Wizzandabe
10-25-2003, 06:28 PM
Originally posted by Sparsely@25 October 2003 - 13:04
/me recommends Alcohol 120% for all your burning/virtual drive needs.
Yeah, Mount b4 you burn ;)

@ Adster 120% VOL. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Gre1
10-25-2003, 06:30 PM
The easiest way is just to burn it but if u just want to install then get WinIso or IsoBuster and just open it up and extract whatever it is.
Wizzandabe
10-25-2003, 06:32 PM
Nah, never, Alchola 120% (hehe Adster) and then Mount it on a virtual drive (Fake Driver) then if it works, or you liked it, Burn it. If you don't like it, then waste of a cd. :D
Terminator
10-26-2003, 01:35 AM
winiso
Gre1
10-26-2003, 01:37 AM
That's what I told him.
Terminator
10-26-2003, 01:38 AM
just agreeing ;)
Gre1
10-26-2003, 01:39 AM
Oh, ok.
muchspl2
10-26-2003, 01:39 AM
why would any one take a file that you can watch with videolan and convert it to another file as big, makes no sense
Gre1
10-26-2003, 01:40 AM
Noone said anything about converting anything WinISO can open it and extract the stuff in the .bin.
muchspl2
10-26-2003, 01:44 AM
I know thats what I'm talking about
you got 1 file and you extract it to another file, now you have twice as much HD spaced used, not to mention the time to extract, when you could be playing it right away with videolan
Gre1
10-26-2003, 01:49 AM
When u extract it u can delete the .bin if it is a problem or just delete the movie when finished watching it what's the prob.
3RA1N1AC
10-26-2003, 06:51 AM
Originally posted by muchspl2@25 October 2003 - 17:44
I know thats what I'm talking about
you got 1 file and you extract it to another file, now you have twice as much HD spaced used, not to mention the time to extract, when you could be playing it right away with videolan
personally, i'm using DVD-RW for storage now, rather than CD-R... and i like to view stuff on my Mpeg-4 DVD player. so if i download a VCD compiled as a BIN, i just prefer to extract the MPEG. if it's split into two halves, i extract and then join them. then i burn 'em onto DVD-RW along with some other files.

i still watch MPEG files, but i just don't have any use for the VCD disc format anymore because it isn't compatible with DVD-RW.

okay, videolan might be a good program-- i don't object to that. it's just that different people have different setups, so one way might be more convenient for some people, and another way might be convenient for other people. different strokes for different folks.