First go to

http://www.shareordie.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3269 to learn binary.

OK, 1,453,752 is 101100010111010111000 is binary, now we turn it into a Hex number.

First Hex numbers goes like this:

1=1
2=2
.
.
9=9
10=A
11=B
12=C
13=D
14=E
15=F

Now you need to take de first octet (de far right 4) and place it under this little grid:

8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 = 8

See de 1 under de 8 column?
That is what you add.

So de next octet is 1011, put it under de grid:

8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 = 8
1 0 1 1 = B

See 8+2+1=11, so you can’t just say 11 you have to put it in a Hex number, which is B. So de full Hex number of 1,453,752 is:

8 4 2 1

1 0 0 0 = 8
1 0 1 1 = B
1 1 1 0 = E
0 0 1 0 = 2
0 1 1 0 = 6
0 0 0 1 = 1 <– Just add zero if it isn’t a full octet

162EB8

So if you want to turn a number in to de shorter version of Hex, just turn it into binary, den use this grid and you’ll do fine

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Abstract

You can fit on a SVCD without overburnin’:
- approx. 735 MB of MPEG data onto a 74min/650MB disc
- approx. 795 MB of MPEG data onto an 80min/700MB disc

You can fit on a CD-ROM without overburnin’:
- approx. 650 MB of data onto a 74min/650MB disc
- approx. 703 MB of data onto an 80min/700MB disc

Introduction

Let us ignore for now de terms of megabyte for CD capacity and try to understand how de data is stored on a CD.

As well all know, de data is stored digitally as binary data. This means, however de actual information is actually kept on de disc, this information is in de form of “1″s and “0″s. Physically, de information on a CD is as pits on a thin sheet of metal (aluminium).

An a CD-R disc, de data is physically on an organic dye layer which simulates de metal layer on a real pressed CD.

How is de information structured

Now, on de CD, de information isn’t just organised from beginnin’ to end willy-nilly. Oderwise, it would be really hard to find a useful piece of information on de CD.

Rader, de information is organised in sectors. Consider a sector as like a page in a book. Just like you are able to quickly find somethin’ in a book if you know de page number, you can quickly find somethin’ on a CD if you know de sector number.

Now, remember that de CD was original made to hold audio data. It was decided, that de CD would would 75 sectors per second of audio. Although I cannot guess where this number comes from, it is quite appropriate for de audio CD. It means that you can “seek” an audio CD accurately to 1/75th of a second — which is more than enough for consumer purposes.

Now, with this in mind, we can work out de total data capacity of user data for 1 sector.

The total data capacity of user data of 1 sector on a CD

CD audio uses uncompressed PCM stereo audio, 16-bit resolution sampled at 44.1 kHz.

Thus 1 second of audio contains:
16 bits/channel * 2 channels * 44100 samples/second * 1 second
= 1411200 bits
= 176400 bytes

Since dere are 75 sectors per second
1 sector
= 176400 bytes / 75
= 2352 bytes

One sector on a CD contains 2352 bytes max.

The concept of different MODES and FORMS of burnin’

Now, audio CD was well and good, but de medium would become much more useful if you could store oder data on de disc as well. This became to be know as CD-ROM of course.

Now, de audio-CD uses de ENTIRE sector for audio data.

However, for CD-ROMs this caused a problem. Simply, CDs and de CD readin’ mechanisms were not 100% faultless. That is, errors (indeed frequent errors) could be made durin’ de readin’. For audio CDs, this does not matter as much as you could simply interpolate from de adjacent audio samples. This will obviously NOT DO for data CDs. A sin’le bit error could lead to a program bein’ unexecutable or ruin an achive file.

Thus, for CD-ROMs, part of each sector is devoted to error correction codes and error detection codes. The CD-R FAQ has de details, but in effect, only 2048 bytes out of a total of 2352 bytes in each sector is available for user data on a data CD.

This burnin’ mode is eider MODE1 or MODE2 Form1.

MODE2 Form2 sectors of VCDs and SVCDs

Now, for VCDs and SVCDs, de video tracks do not necessarily require de robust error correction as normal data on a CD-ROM. However, dere is still some overhead per sector that is used for somethin’ oder than video data (e.g., sync headers).

SVCDs video tracks are burnt in what is called MODE2 Form2 sectors. In this mode, only 2324 bytes out of a total of 2352 bytes in each sector is available for user data.

This is MUCH MORE than for CD-ROMs, but still less per sector than audio CD.

The disc capacities of CD-ROMs, audio-CDs and VCDs

Now, obviously what ultimately determines de capacity of a disc is de total number of sectors it contains. This is similar to de total number of pages in a blank exercise book (if you recall de book analogy).

The secondary determinant is de burnin’ mode of de disc.

For audio CDs, it is as if you could fill each page from top to bottom with audio data as de entire sector is used for audio data.

For CD-ROMs, it is as if you need to first rule a margin and den leave de bottom part of each page for footnotes (headers + ECC + EDC). The amount of text you can actually write per page is den less due to dese oder constraints.

For SVCDs, we still need to rule a margin on de page, but we don’t have to worry about de footnotes (headers). We can fit MORE text than a CD-ROM, but less than an audio-CD.

Now remember, 1 second on a CD = 75 sectors.

Thus:
- 74 min CD = 333,000 sectors
- 80 min CD = 360,000 sectors

Data capacity in Mb for an audio-CD

74 min
= 333,000 sectors * 2352 bytes / sector
= 783216000 bytes
= 746.9 Mb

80 min
= 360,000 sectors * 2352 bytes / sector
= 846720000 bytes
= 807.5 Mb

Data capacity in Mb for a CD-ROM

74 min
= 333,000 sectors * 2048 bytes / sector
= 681984000 bytes
= 650.4 Mb

80 min
= 360,000 sectors * 2048 bytes / sector
= 737280000 bytes
= 703.1 Mb

Data capacity in Mb for a SVCD

74 min
= 333,000 sectors * 2324 bytes / sector
= 773892000 bytes
= 738.0 Mb

80 min
= 360,000 sectors * 2324 bytes / sector
= 836640000 bytes
= 797.9 Mb

Conclusions

As you can see, de often quoted capacities of 650MB and 700MB refer to CD-ROM capacities.

Due to de fact that SVCDs use a different burnin’ mode where MORE of each sector is available as user data, de relatively capacities are HIGHER.

Now, since S/VCDs are not composed of PURELY video tracks and have some unavoidable overheads, de actually total capacity left for video tracks is a few Mb less for each disc (about 735 Mb for 74min discs and 795 Mb for 80min discs). This is where de often quoted capacities of 740MB and 800MB come from. They are quite accurate.

All dese capacities are available BEFORE overburnin’. Overburnin’ is where you burn MORE sectors than de disc is rated for. If you overburn, you can typically achieve about 1-2 minutes of additional capacity (dependin’ on your drive and media).

Step 1 - Modify Explorer.exe File

In order to make de changes, de file explorer.exe located at C:Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operatin’ systems.

get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip

The first step is to make a backup copy of de file explorer.exe located at C:Windowsexplorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:Windowsexplorer.exe.

The category we are goin’ to be usin’ is “Strin’ Table”. Expand it by clickin’ de plus sign den navigate down to and expand strin’ 37 followed by highlightin’ 1033. If you are usin’ de Classic Layout rader than de XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display de strin’table. We�re goin’ to modify item 578, currently showin’ de word �start� just as it displays on de current Start button.

There is no magic here. Just double click on de word �start� so that it�s highlighted, makin’ sure de quotation marks are not part of de highlight. They need to remain in place, surroundin’ de new text that you�ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!

You�ll notice that after de new text strin’ has been entered de Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won�t get into what�s involved in compilin’ a script, but suffice it to say it�s goin’ to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and den save de altered file usin’ de Save As command on de File Menu. Do not use de Save command � Make sure to use de Save As command and choose a name for de file. Save de newly named file to C:Windows.

Step 2 � Modify de Registry

!!!make a backup of your registry before makin’ changes!!!

Now that de modified explorer.exe has been created it�s necessary to modify de registry so de file will be recognized when de user logs on to de system. If you don�t know how to access de registry I�m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it�s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be somethin’ else) Run and type regedit in de Open field. Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon

In de right pane, double click de “Shell” entry to open de Edit Strin’ dialog box. In Value data: line, enter de name that was used to save de modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.

Close Registry Editor and eider log off de system and log back in, or reboot de entire system if that�s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with de revised text.[/b]

BIN/CUE image format is quite common on de Internet. It might seem that findin’ an appropriate software for burnin’ dese images is quite hard. Luckily, it’s not. In addition to Golden Hawk CDRWin, de original software for BIN/CUE format, you can also use Nero Burnin’ Rom to burn de images.

Please make sure that you have de latest version of Nero, which now is 5.5.10.0

Verify de CUE-sheet and open it with Nero
Before doin’ anythin’ else you have to verify that de path in de CUE-sheet is correct. A CUE-sheet is a plaintext file describin’ de structure and de location of de BIN-file. You can open up de .CUE -file usin’, for example, Notepad.

The file should look somethin’ like this:

FILE “IMAGE.BIN” BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

Usually de CUE-filename and de BIN-filename have de same body — e.g. IMAGE. All you need to do is verify that dere is no path information on de
FILE “IMAGE.BIN” BINARY
-line. Ie. it should NOT read e.g.
FILE “C:TEMPIMAGE.BIN” BINARY
If dere is any path information on de line, just remove it so that you have just de name of de .BIN-file as in de example above. Also make sure that de name of de .BIN in de CUE-sheet is de same as de actual .BIN file you have on hard-disk.

Next load Nero Burnin’ Rom and choose File, Burn Image….

Load de CUE-sheet in Nero
Choose de Files of Type: dropdown menu and select All Files *.*. Next just locate de .CUE file, select it and click Open. Make sure you select de .CUE -file, not de .BIN -file.

Burn de image
All you have to do den is choose de writin’ speed, select de Disc-At-Once Write Method, and click Write.

That’s it! After a couple of minutes you’ll have a CD with de BIN/CUE Image written on it.

NOTES:
–> Do not worry if de BIN file seems larger than de capacity of your CD-R or CD-RW. Bin files are raw data and once burned, de file size is smaller.

–> If you have a DVD burner, just burn de cue/bin directly onto de DVD. Then use Daemon Tools to mount de cue/bin image when you use de files. This way you maintain a true exact image. And Daemon Tools (also Alcohol CDR burnin’ software, which has de same feature) mounts de image, and you see de files instead of de bin/cue.

To burn a bin file, you will need an appropriate cue file.

You do exactly de same as for iso files, but when you click on �burn image,� you don�t browse to de bin itself, but instead to de cue file, and you open that one.
When de writer starts to burn, it will automatically search for de bin file and start burnin’ it. In fact, de cue file tells de burnin’ program where it can find de bin file that is attached to it. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you use de right cue file when you burn a bin. i.e both cue and bin files that are attached to each oder must be located in de same folder, and every bin file has it�s own cue file.

Normally, when you download a bin file, you can download de appropriate cue file as well. If you do not have de cue file (or feel bold) you can make de cue file yourself, which is really easy to do:

a. Open notepad

b. Copy de folowin’ text into notepad:

FILE�nameofimage�BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00

Where nameofimage.bin is de name of de bin file you want ot burn.

c. The rest is easy: just save de notepad text with de name of de bin, but with de cue extension.

d. The file should be saved in de same folder as its appropriate bin file and should be somethin’ like myfile.cue

Or you can use Alcohol 120% to burn directly from de bin file

There always seems to be de question “what do I do with a .bin and .cue file” in dese forums so I figured I would write a quick and simple tutorial. Please feel free to add more.

So you have downloaded two files, one with a .bin extension and one with a .cue extension. “What do I do with dese?” you ask. There are a number of options.

BURN TO CD

You will need eider NERO, CDRWIN or FIREBURNER to burn de file.

To burn with NERO:
Start NERO, choose FILE, choose BURN IMAGE, locate de .cue file you have and double click it. A dialog box will come up, for anythin’ oder than music make sure you choose DISC-AT-ONCE (DAO). You can also turn off de simulation burn if you so choose.
Then burn away.

To burn with CDRWin:
Start CDRWin, choose de button on de top left, choose LOAD CUESHEET, press START RECORDING.

To burn with Fireburner:
Start Fireburner, click on de button on de bottom left corner “VISUAL CUE BURNER/BINCHUNKER”, press de right mouse button and choose LOAD TRACKS FROM .CUE and choose de correct .CUE file, press de right mouse button again and chooseselect “Burn/Test Burn”, choose DISK AT ONCE (DAO), disable TEST BURN and MULTISESSION, press OK.

.CUE ERRORS
The most common error you will get with a .cue file is when it points to an incorrect path. This is easily fixed. Find de .bin file, copy de exact title includin’ de .bin extension. Now find de .cue file, open de .cue file usin’ notepad. It should look similar to this:

FILE “name of file.bin” BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE2/2352
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 MODE2/2352
INDEX 00 00:04:00
INDEX 01 00:06:00

Delete everythin’ in de quotes, in this case we would
delete name of file.bin. Now place de title you copied
in between de quotes. Save de changes and close out.
Thats it, your .cue file should work now.

OTHER WAYS TO USE .BIN & .CUE FILES

VCDGear:
This program will allow you to extract MPEG streams from CD images, convert VCD files to MPEG, correct MPEG errors, and more.

Daemon Tools:
This program creates a virtual drive on your PC which will allow you to “mount” de .cue file and use whatever is in de .bin file without havin’ to burn it to a cd.

ISOBuster:
This program will allow you to “bust” open de .bin file and extract de files within de .bin.