nero wont burn a dvd-r

barkinspider · Aug 18, 2003

hi all i have a slight problem i fitted a dvd burner and have tride to burn a .bin file ps2 game onto a dvd,i usually put the games onto cdr but i use wap magic and cdr based games only work if under 750 mb,so i thought get a dvd burner and put bigger games onto dvd and use the dvd boot disc to boot them,when i try to burn the bin file nero tells me that the game can only be written onto a dvdrw something too do with packetwriting,not sur =e what this is.if anyone could help me it would b great,,,,sorry i wrote so much

psx_paul · Aug 18, 2003

Not quite as simple as that mate

A CD-Rom game, using commercial applications such as Nero, can only be backed up onto CD-R.

Believe me, I have tried this myself a few times

barkinspider · Aug 18, 2003

psx_paul said:
Not quite as simple as that mate

A CD-Rom game, using commercial applications such as Nero, can only be backed up onto CD-R.

Believe me, I have tried this myself a few times

so what can u suggest i do,so a .bin file ps2 image will not burn onto a dvdr,im not sure what i can and canot say on this forum but u must know what i can use to get this onto dvd

scarecrow · Aug 19, 2003

A cue/bin image is most of the times based on a filesystem which is not an option for DVD media.
DVD-data or video supports UDF (several revisions), plain ISO9660 and UDF with Joliet extensions.
cue/bin can be 100% ISO9660 compliant (mode1/2048 bytes per sector, single data track, no video, audio or RAW tracks/datastreams allowed), but most of the times it isn't.

barkinspider · Aug 19, 2003

scarecrow said:
A cue/bin image is most of the times based on a filesystem which is not an option for DVD media.
DVD-data or video supports UDF (several revisions), plain ISO9660 and UDF with Joliet extensions.
cue/bin can be 100% ISO9660 compliant (mode1/2048 bytes per sector, single data track, no video, audio or RAW tracks/datastreams allowed), but most of the times it isn't.

ok but what if i change the bin files into an iso?

scarecrow · Aug 19, 2003

barkinspider said:
ok but what if i change the bin files into an iso?

Most likely you will lose data. Just check the .cue file, and if you have more than one data track (or audio/video tracks) you may safely skip the conversion thingy- it will save you valuable time (and coasters).