ISO files.

[Raziel]

What differense is in ISO file to CUE & BIN files
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[BSOD2600]

ISO
Apart from being one of the leading standards organizations, ISO refers also to a CD or DVD image (not picture..) file with an extension of .iso.

Just like other CD/DVD image formats, ISO is a file that contains full content of the disc, including every single track, directory, file and information about the structure of the disc (i.e. ISO files can't be used as they are, but they need to be either "mounted" with tools like Daemon Tools or burned to CD or DVD in order to see what files the disc image actually contains). Normally ISO files are being used to replicate existing CD/DVD discs, transfer those discs over the network to other location (or to other person) and burn back to CD/DVD which then would be an identical replica of the original disc.

CUE
A small text file used in conjunction with a BIN file when burning the data within a BIN file to a blank CD. The CUE file contains the instructions necessary to accurately burn the contents of the BIN file. For instance, the cue file may indicate how long each audio track is, and at what point the next audio track should begin.

BIN
As this term pertains to VCD and DVD, this is the raw data intended to be burned to a blank CD. The BIN file contains all of the actual data that you normally see on a burned CD, and lacks only the instructions necessary to properly indicate which data should be burned to which location on the CD, how long each track of information should be, or any other instructions typically located within a CUE file. Most often used in conjunction with a CUE file.

[Raziel]

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