Playing *.BIN files

AngryBadger

Obviously I would never condone the illegal download of any files, but i got a copy of a movie t'other day it's got a .cue file, and a 700 Mb .bin file, and I have no idea how to play the movie. Usually i play all my DVDs and media files with VLC media player, but when i play the .bin file through that i have no sound, anyone have any idea how to play this movie?

Also sorry if this is the wrong forum, but couldn't see a more appropriate one so MODs feel free to move on at your discretion

jcoote

burn with cdrwin or nero orget alcohol 120% and mount the cue file onto a virtual dvd drive and it'll work

Kimbot

Bin and Cue are the image file you use to write to a CD/DVD!! Go into Nero and click open, then open your cue file!!

Winters

Daemon Tools etc. will be able to "mount" the image as a virtual drive and run it from there.

nesf

Please make the effort next time to find the correct home for threads like these.

Moved from AH.

Goodshape

VLC Media Player plays bin files.

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sorry, didn't realise you tried that already. You might need a codec pack like this one to get the sound working.

AngryBadger

I've tried loading the cue file with nero and other software but no dice, I'll try daemon tools, think I have cloceCD/DVD around here somewhere too

jcoote

alcohol 120% will allow u to play files on a virtual dvd drive without burning to cd

AngryBadger

Goodshape wrote:

VLC Media Player plays bin files.

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sorry, didn't realise you tried that already. You might need a codec pack like this one to get the sound working.

No luck with daemon, trying the codec pack now.

ShiverinEskimo

.BIN files mean BINary files. IE all the 1's and 0's that make up a CD image. If Nero doesn't like it try PowerISO - that program picks up nearly any image and can convert it to ISO for burning via Nero or DVD Decrypter.

Goodshape

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

.BIN files mean BINary files. IE all the 1's and 0's that make up a CD image. If Nero doesn't like it try PowerISO - that program picks up nearly any image and can convert it to ISO for burning via Nero or DVD Decrypter.

That may be true but I've got a couple of films as BIN files and I can definitely watch them in VLC, with sound.

8T8

That's because VLC internally mounts the image checks if it's a VCD and then plays it if so, as was said bin/cue is not a video container.

In some instances make sure the bin and cue file have the same file name e.g. test.bin & test.cue otherwise it will not work properly.

gnashrr

AngryBadger wrote:

Usually i play all my DVDs and media files with VLC media player, but when i play the .bin file through that i have no sound, anyone have any idea how to play this movie?

You could, now forgive me if this sounds crazy, but just do the easy thing and right click the video playing in VLC >> Audio >> Track 1.

mr_disc

seems like u dont want to burn this file just view it ???..... u could open with Showtime ( nero's player ) , just right click and 'open with' ....

Col_Loki

You could, now forgive me if this sounds crazy, but just do the easy thing and right click the video playing in VLC >> Audio >> Track 1.

Yep, when it happened to me i just had to select a different audio track....sorted out the problem.