recording movies on CDs

i downloaded a movie in VCD format.
it comes in 2 files: a BIN and a CUE
what should i do with them and how?
...i tried to "burn an image" with NERO but i got a confusing message that the file may be too big. the BIN file is only 648MB, so how can it be too big? is it compressed or something?
what should i do?


i also have tons of AVI files on my HD which i want to burn.
how can i record them on a CD so the DVD will play them too?
do DVD players play AVI format, or do i have to convert them to some other format? i heard that you just have to rename the extention (i don't know which though)

any help would be greatly appreciated

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AVIs must be converted to mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 as VCDs, SVCDs or DVDs. You just can't rename the extension, you have to get a mpeg encoding software but before that you must convert the AVI to the right dubbing format through veedub because many if not most AVI>Mpeg converters are bitchy fucks that'll give you an headache unless you really know what you're doing.

There are thousands of different AVI formats out there with the audio encoded in funky new codecs which many mpeg converters don't support. Convert the AVI to a simple AVI format first...say: Divx 5.0 with Lame mp3 (most convert this format easily). You'll likely end up having trouble though.

go to www.divx.com and go to downloads and get this tool called gspot....it'll tell you everything about an AVI you plan to burn as a VCD.

Good luck....I use to do this but got so annoyed with software incompatibility that I gave u pand just rent movies from netflix the legal way.


orrrrr... http://www.videohelp.com/

 

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Check out www.doom9.org. They got mass articles on how to burn dvd's, svcd's, vcd's, etc... Also give you ripping advice. Then there's www.dvdrhelp.com (hmm, just checked out the site again. They've set up a redirect to www.videohelp.com. Looks like the same site it used to be though.) It has lots of good stuff. More than just dvd help.

Oh, just say that sargentlard already threw out the videohelp site. Didn't recognize it because of the name change.

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Anyway, that site and doom9 is about all you need when it comes to this sort of thing. They've got about everything. Better be ready to read.

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Edit: about the weird message you're getting. I'm betting it's saying that the cd has to be finalized after it's burned. That means that you can't add anything to it later.

 

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thanks guys!!!
will check all your links

there's one thing though - i was talking to this one guy who is a professional so he knows what he's talking about... he said that you can actually rename an AVI or an MPEG into another extention, burn on a CD (or DVD) and the DVD will read it

or maybe it's the other way around... rename the extention into a MPEG or AVI

because DVD can actually play those files but it doesn't recognize the extentions... or something like that
does anyone know anything about that?

 

I know you can rename mpg to mp3 and it'll work. (same visa versa,) but thats because they use similar encoding. AVI & MPEG use completely different encoding. Now..if you're DVD was an x86 compliant computer

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...you could make an 'emovix' cd, but I highly doubt that.

Another option is to hook your pc up to the TV & use it as a media center. This could also be done really cheap by suping up an old computer (or XBOX) with linux and a large hard drive.