Topic: bin files

[princeofdarkness]

hi i have power dvd but it has a bin file and i dont know what to use to open it or how to open it.. could anybody help?  

[Sandra]

Bin files are usually accompanied by a cue file as well.
As lomg as the bin and the cue are in the same folder you just open a cd burning program and load the cue into it.
It will then burn the information from the bin file, the cue tells it the order and how to do it.
If you dont want to burn it to a cd then you can extract the information from the bin file with a program such as ISOBUSTER  

[princeofdarkness]

ok thanx.. i will try the isobuster thing.. o and sandra.. i got swish but i have not used it yet  


Jonah

[Sandra]

Looking forward to seeing what your first sig looks like when you do one  

If you do one for using on Pals, keep it below 100kbs so that it doesnt slow down the pages loading  

[princeofdarkness]

ok will do.. is there a specific size i should have so that the pixels dont blow up?

i have also got the flash mx 2004  

so could i start a pic in swish.. and finish off in flash mx? (get a bit of both worlds?)

Jonah  

[Sandra]

Swish will probably do all you need, I tend to make mine 450 x 150 for using on here or smaller.
You make then as full size initially then limit the pixel size when you link to them to use on here.
That sig I showed you the other day with the borg on looks best at around 300 x 100 as any bigger and the mouth looked a bit too blocky  

[princeofdarkness]

i dont have to use any codes for either of the 2 programs do i? and is it something that is quite easy to get used to or should i take a tutorial  

[Sandra]

If you mean codes as in HTML and such, no you dont.
I couldnt make head nor tail of it for a few days when I opened it at first  
Other people seem to pick it up quite easily.
I had to read the help files and play around with it a lot before I could get something that was worth calling a sig.
Once you have grasped the basics just keep experimenting with the different options until you will soon find you can do a decent sig in a few minutes, once you have the gifs, jpgs and sounds already saved that you are going to insert into your sig or flash animation  

[Adept]

Once you have grasped the basics just keep experimenting with the different options until you will soon find you can do a decent sig in a few minutes, once you have the gifs, jpgs and sounds already saved that you are going to insert into your sig or flash animation  

Do everyone a favour and leave off the sounds Jonah!

Talking of sigs, Sandra isn't it time you changed yours? Apart from the bloody annoying music, your sig still says "Global Moderator"

[Sandra]

I just dont seem to have the time to do stuff for myself these days Adept