(Answer) (Category) Brian's BitTorrent FAQ and Guide : (Category) Opening/Viewing/Using Files You've Downloaded : (Category) How do I open this file that I've just downloaded? : (Answer) Files ending in .BIN, .CUE

These are images of a CD, usually a Video CD (VCD) or Super Video CD (SVCD). There are several ways to deal with these. For Windows:

  • Use a program such as Nero to burn the images to a CDR and then view them in your standalone DVD player, or your DVD drive with your DVD player software. Some instructions for burning BIN files with common software applications can be found at this link.
  • If you know it's a VCD/SVCD, you can use a tool such as VCDGear to extract the MPEG data. VCDs will be MPEG-1 type files, and SVCDs will be MPEG-2 type files. Usually the easiest way to view these is with a DVD player such as PowerDVD which can read input from a file.
  • Use a program such as Daemon Tools or Alcohol 120% to 'mount' the file as a virtual disk. Then you can use PowerDVD or whatever application is appropriate to view the data from that drive.

For OS X:

  • Use FireStarter FX to burn (S)VCDs from CUE or BIN files.
  • Play (S)VCD files, and most others, with VLC.

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