How to create a DVD from numerous Bin/Cue .RAR files

[venomm]

How to create a DVD from numerous .RAR files consisting of Bin/Cue files

If you have many .RAR files - each appearing to be a separate Bin/Cue file – which make up a file/movie etc, here’s how to turn them into a playable DVD.

Tools used/referred to in this Guide:
Winrar
IsoBuster
Mainconcept MPEG Encoder
TMPEGEnc
TMPEGEnc DVD Author
Shrink
Nero

1. Select ALL the files in that folder collectively and extract them to a separate folder using Winrar. If you have another folder also containing a number of .rar files e.g. Disc 2 if it’s a movie, extract them to a folder as well. Now you have just 1 Bin and 1 Cue file in one folder – or 2 folders each with their own Bin/Cue files. When you extract RARs you get Bin & Cue but be aware that your system attaches a RAR icon to the main large file after extraction. It is not a RAR file but an ISO file ready to write, don't extract it again.

2. If you want to avoid losing the files burn the folder(s) to separate CD(s) using Nero or other burning software as a VCD.

3. Now use Isobuster to get them off the CDs/out of the folder(s) you saved them to and into an MPEG format – excellent Guide here: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141726.php.

4. Use Mainconcept MPEG Encoder to re-encode your files (Select: DVD in MPEG type, PAL in Video mode (for UK) NSTC for USA, Program (vid & aud) in Stream Type and Audio Mode: Layer 2, click OK and Convert). Repeat if you have more than one folder.

5. If you have 2 files to Merge into one movie/file/folder use DV-Tool or TMPEGEnc (Files, MPEG tools, Merge and Cut, get files, select destination, start) to Merge the two sets of Bin and Cue files.

6. To Author use TMPGEnc DVD Author, Shrink or any other Authoring software of your choice. Using TMPGEnc: Create new project (use Chapter Cut Edit if you wish to chop your movie into Chapters/Sections), click OK, Create Menu, click Output, select your Destination and begin Output.

7. Burn using TMPEGEnc’s burner or Nero etc.

8. IF THE FILE IS TOO BIG TO FIT ONTO A DVD: use Shrink to BOTH Author AND Burn it – or just to reduce its size and then Burn if you’ve already Authored it with another program.

9. Be aware that sometimes Nero etc will NOT burn the finished product to a DVD-RW and you may have to be brave and try burning to a real DVD blank disc!!


I have no doubt there will be multiple/easier ways of solving this problem, but this is simply the way I worked through it – with help from many kind people on this forum. I hope I’ve not missed out anything too important and please be kind if there are problems – it’s my first attempt at a Guide!
Sorry there are no screenshots, but if you search the forum there are quite a few for many of the steps outlined in this guide - which is how I got this far!

[BJ_M]

dont join the files - make each one its own title set - then you will not have a problem of audio sync , plus some cd's have overlap ..

if you use the bit rate calculator -- you dont have to shrink them after - which reduces quality ..

you will also have to convert the audio , and most likely set up the picture for aspect ratio and/or borders and/or wide screen (crop off exsisting borders if svcd)

[ForeverLearning]

Okay, I don't really understand this guide. I have one .bin file and one .cue file that I want to be able to burn to a dvd so I can play them on my dvd player...how do I do this?

I don't have multiple files, just the one bin and one cue.

[jimmalenko]

Use ISOBuster to extract whatever is inside the bin file - https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141726.php .

Then take the appropriate action depending on what is inside.


... and BTW, this guide is crap. I'd disregard it.

[ForeverLearning]

Right, so just use ISOBuster to extract whatever is in the bin file...then how will I know what the appropriate action is?

[jimmalenko]

That will depend on what you have


I could go through all the possible scenarios for every possible filetype (should only take a year or so ), or you could tell me what you have, then I can tell you the specific action to take.

You call

[ForeverLearning]

Okay, just got home again so I will download ISOBuster, extract whatever's in there and get back to you. Thanks for your help

[ForeverLearning]

Okay, I selected to open image with ISOBuster, clicked on the .bin file and it has come up with this:

VideoCD with these folders inside it:
CDI
EXT
MPEGAV
SEGMENT
VCD

I extracted them to VideoCD and now all the above folders are on my hdd. So, what do I do with those? Do I need to do anything with the .cue file?

[Supreme2k]

What in the blue blazes is this "guide" trying to do?!

The whole "multiple RAR" scenario is a WinRAR/compression issue. Most newer zip-type programs will extract the files with no problem if you just select the main .rar file (not .r01, .r02, etc). More than likely, if you have a legit VCD/SVCD, it won't be in 50 rar files

After that, just use any of the VCD/SVCD to DVD guides, which have screenshots.

[jimmalenko]

VideoCDs are DVD-compliant as far as video goes - all you need to do is resample the audio to 48KHz, which a program such as TMPGEnc DVD Author will do for you while you author.

Check out https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?tools=&madeby=&formatconversionselect=VCD+to+DVD&h...or+List+Guides , and in particular, https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=436#436 or https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=533#533 .

[ForeverLearning]

What I ended up doing is using ISOBuster to extract the MPEGAV .dat file into an .mpg file. Once I did that, it worked perfectly on Windows Media Player. Now I am converting it from an mpeg into a normal dvd so it can play on my player. Thanks for throwing that ISOBuster tool my way. It did everything I needed! I didn't even need to convert the audio

[jimmalenko]

To have it play on a DVD player you'll more than likely need to convert the audio. The reason why it plays as-is through WMP is because your PC will play any number of combinations in terms of bitrates, sample rates etc etc whereas DVD players are designed within a much tighter spec. You shouldn't need to convert the video side of things either - it's just a waste of time with no benefit.

[ForeverLearning]

Okay, well, it's already half way done, so I guess I'll find out if it plays on the dvd player with the audio it already has. Currently it says the audio is mp2, 44100 MHZ, stereo, 224kbs

[ForeverLearning]

Just thought I would let you all know the dvd played in my player without needing audio conversion.

[venomm]

What in the blue blazes is this "guide" trying to do?!

This Guide's been here a year and a half and now you moan??? If you are going to criticise people who post to help, Supreme2k, then I respectfully suggest you start your own site up and have a go at everyone who posts on it, if this is what makes you happy!!

This guide has also been VERY helpful to people - like myself - who were asking questions of the Forum about zipped films/files and how to turn them into a DVD - but receiving no helpful replies. So I sorted out the problem myself and posted the result(s). There ARE numerous ways to make a DVD once the files have been unzipped - I posted one method I found that worked for me!!

If the poster of the Bin/Cue files problem has a film in Bin/Cue format he could simply use Alcohol 120% to burn it straight to a CD/DVD, as I suspect the film is already in a VCD format and ready to be watched on a PC or normal DVD player. This will not result in any chapters, unless they were placed there by the person who originally made the Bin and Cue files.

As regards Supreme2k's "legit" comment all I have to say is: "Let him without sin cast the first stone!" Not all zipped films are "pirates"; my friends and I regularly make small, daft, cam films for each other and send them as zipped e-mails - hence my original post last year.

We should be supportive here, not destructive. I tried to help the best I knew how, so should we all, it's not that difficult, M8!!

[jimmalenko]

This Guide's been here a year and a half and now you moan???

I must have been on vacation



OK, if we're gonna be constructive:

Tip 1: Great stuff (conceptually) in sharing the wealth (knowledge).

Tip 2: You re-encode using mainconcept, yet then advocate using DVDShrink if it doesn't fit. Use a bitrate calculator, and when (if) you (need to) re-encode it, use the right bitrate to make it fit. No need for transcoding then

Tip 3: Guides have pictures. A picture tells a thousand words. I was confused by your words, and I know a fair bit about this game. How's a newbie gonna go ?

Tip 4:

When you extract RARs you get Bin & Cue but be aware that your system attaches a RAR icon to the main large file after extraction. It is not a RAR file but an ISO file ready to write, don't extract it again.

What's this all about ? You've extracted the bin and cue from the RARs yet now you've got an ISO file ? Where did the ISO come from ?

Tip 5: Not all bin & cues are MPEG inside. in fact they could be anything - MKV, XviD, Divx ...... yet the 3rd party guide you link to (which is probably a no-no as well) only deals with MPEG.

Tip 6: Join at authoring stage.

Tip 7: How does DVDShrink accept MPEG files for authoring ?

Tip 8: How many films do you and your mates make / distribute that are VCDs inside bin/cues inside 50,000 split RAR files ?

Tip 9: I think you could benefit from reading the feedback when a gentle soul by the name of PATMANN wrote a guide a while back - click here for the guide in question. Whilst that thread is a bit volatile in parts, a lot can be learnt about how to write a good guide and how not to write a bad guide.

[Supreme2k]

This Guide's been here a year and a half and now you moan???

My mistake for not noticing the original post date. I probably wouldn't have seen it, since it was buried by other posts almost immediately (only 1 reply). It took a grave robber to get me to notice.
My critique still stands.

If you are going to criticise people who post to help, Supreme2k, then I respectfully suggest you start your own site up and have a go at everyone who posts on it, if this is what makes you happy!!

I do! Try www.supreme-hates-n00bZ.biz :P

As regards Supreme2k's "legit" comment all I have to say is: "Let him without sin cast the first stone!"

/casts stone

Not all zipped films are "pirates"

I didn't say that. It was merely implied. 8)