Rename .bin to .iso actually works?

[DVO]

Since I started usind VCDEasy a few years ago I been using Fireburner and Nero to burn the .cue and .bin files the program output. I remember it took me a long time to find out what program could burn them and since then I haven't thought much about it until I came to talk with a friend at work about .bin-files. He said he tried rename the files to .iso and burned it and that it worked. I didn't think it could be true so I tested my self with a CVD and it did work, I was really suprised... It played on my standalone DVD-player but not in WinDVD on my computer though, wich I find quite strange.

So my question: are the .bin-files the same as .iso-files? It would seem pretty useless to have different file-extensions for the same file types... But this works similar with ReelDVD's .dvd-files too, just rename to .iso.

Any thoughts on the matter?

[teegee420]

They're not the same. Not all DVD players would accept a disc burned in the way you did.

[DVO]

I was just so suprised it worked at all. I wanted to check if someone know a little more about this "trick" and why it works. I guess bin and iso files must be quite similar but still not 100% compatible.

[teegee420]

You should stick to using the cue file if compatability is at all important to you. As it is you're having trouble playing the disc in your PC.

[DVO]

Yes, I'll stick with oridnary way of burning with the cue file. Or maybe sell it as a copyprotection idea for the deperate people at RIAA, hahaha!