Converting .bin/.cue files into .iso/.cdr format
 

Hello everyone!

I know that from reading the title you must be thinking that I am just another noob who doesn't bother doing research before posting on something that has been talked about and answered to a thousand times. Please believe me when I say that I searched a lot before posting but I just didn't find what I was looking for. Maybe I still haven't been searching hard enough but now here I am.

I have used bchunk for converting .bin/.cue files into the .iso format. However, once it was done, I ended up with .iso/.cdr files.

What I would like to know is the following:

What is this .cdr file that was created with the .iso file and is it necessary when comes the time to play the .iso or burn it on a CD? Although it is much smaller than the .iso file, it is still considerable in size (several MB).


Thank you for your time.

i have no idea what a .cdr file is, but you certainly don't need it, as an iso is a 1:1 image of a cd, there is no other information that will be burnt to the disc. cue files are used with bins as bins contain multiple trakcs, for audio cd's etc. with an iso there is only one track, and so can only be used for data discs, not audio etc... maybe it's a configuration file for some other app?

I see. Thank you very much for the information. But I'll keep looking around in order to know exactly what this .cdr file is. I don't think bchunk made it just for the pleasure of making useless files; though I may be wrong.

Thanks again acid_kewpie!

Check out the bchunk man page. cdr is raw cd audio data.