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Jul 16, 2008
Converting .BIN files to .AVI for beginners
by GlueTooth|
If you’re an avid movie fan and you like Do-It-Yourself tips, but you’re never faced .BIN to .AVI files conversion before, this guide might be just what you need. First, you’ll need few programs that will help you to get the converting job done. Daemon Tools The best and the most known software for the start is Daemon Tools. If you have dealt with BIN/CUE files before, then you could have this program. If not, download it from http://www.disc-tools.com/download/daemon and install it. After you done with the download and installation, you can access DTools both from the desktop or system tray (Right Click on red lightning icon) Once when you’ve opened DTools, go to emulation, and select all options On. Next, right click once more and go to the virtual CD/DVD Rom Menu, and then set number of devices optionally. For this conversion, one device is enough. Daemon Tools will display a small window letting you know it’s been set up that virtual device. Once you have virtual device set up, you can mount the .CUE. To do that left click on the DTools SysTray icon, and select the device that is without media. You’ll get Open file box. Browse the folder where you have your BIN/CUE file stored, and select .CUE. CUE file will be mounted into the virtual drive. After that, you're ready to use another tool. DVD Decryptor First download DVD Decryptor from here: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_decrypter.cfm After you finished downloading and installation, run the program. It should automatically select the Virtual DVD Drive that has media in it. If you have other CD/DVD drives with media in them you should remove them first to avoid confusion. Then select the DVD drive that has the movie Cue in it. In the DVD Decryptor window, click on Mode in the menu options. Different Modes that you can use will be shown. Choose IFO. Finally, you have to set a destination for your files. Click the folder with the magnifying glass on it. * Tip for the setup: The easiest for you is to place the file on the desktop in a folder named after the movie. Once we have that done, click the button with the DVD image and text, big green arrow, and hard drive icon on it. This will rip the DVD in IFO mode onto the HDD where you specified. After it’s ripped, close DVD Decryptor. The last tool you'll need for the conversion is Auto Gordian Knot Auto Gordian Knot You can download it from here: http://www.autogk.me.uk/index.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=1 This program is important for making an .AVI file out of the files we ripped from the .CUE. With the Auto Gordian Knot you’ll have to install 3 more programs: the XviD encoder, the DivX encoder, and probably the Audio encoder. Once you’ve finished the installation, run Auto Gordian Knot.
Now you have to setup a destination for your finished product, i.e. the movie in .AVI format. To do that click on the folder with the green arrow, at the end of the Output file box. Type in the movie name (you don’t have to type .avi at the end of the file). Next step would be dealing with audio and subtitles in your file. Open Audio Tracks. You’ll get two dropdown menus. The first is already set up with the movie audio in Audio track 1. Audio track 2 is not selected by default. Click on the empty white drop down box. Select the audio, and then select channels (Stereo, 2.1, 5.1) depending what audio your movie file has. Next, you have to set the size and quality. They’re 2 CDs (1400 MBs) selected by default. Because you don’t want 2 separate .AVI files for one movie, Click on the box and select 1/6 DVDR (746 MBs). Finally, you should go to the Advanced Settings. Click on it. Default options are already chosen and named Auto. In this window, you can additionally set up which Codec you want to use. The most common formats are XviD and DivX. Next, to add your movie file to the working cue, click on the Add Job button. To make sure your movie is selected in the job queue click on the Start button next to the Add Job button. The process of indexing the movie has begun. It is automated process and it will use a lot of CPU time and hours to get finished. Have in mind that converting the movie to .AVI takes about as long as the movie itself, or even requires a double time, depending on what type of system you have, amount of RAM, which graphics card, etc. Now you have to wait, which is the hardest part of this process. To avoid waiting, you can setup this converting process to go on while you’re sleeping, or while you’re at work or in school. Another hard part of conversion process can be if you have to do the process all over again, in case that the quality of the converted file isn’t satisfying. Sometimes you’ll need to repeat the converting process even 3 or 4 times at the beginning to get the job done. Once you finished conversion from .BIN to .AVI, you have to burn the file using one of the burning programs like Nero or Roxio. And that’s the easiest part and sign that you successfully finished conversion. I hope this guide was helpful. Happy converting. |
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