Convert Dreamcast .bin to .cdi

Post by **andymol21** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:47 am

This seems to be a common problem, I have a Dreamcast game in the form of a .bin and .cue executable, but nullDC wants a .cdi image to play the game. Is there any simple tool to convert from one to the other. Numerous searches of Google have come up with nothing that I can understand. So maybe a guide or someting similar?

Post by **GrandMasterJimmy** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:59 am

Bin2boot

http://dl.winsite.com/bin/downl?1500000034970

Make sure to tell the program yes when it asks to make an ip.bin

Post by **vlame** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:43 pm

bin games are not self boot, so it can't be played in am emu.

you will need to make it a selfbooting image.

Post by **andymol21** » Sat May 17, 2008 5:47 pm

The bin2boot program worked a treat, thanks. That complete collection for sale on eBay has inspired me to collect as many DC cdis as I can. Most work perfectly on nullDC. I'm amazed everytime they boot, Dreamcast still seems futuristic to me.

Post by **Mozgus** » Sat May 17, 2008 6:18 pm

andymol21 wrote:The bin2boot program worked a treat, thanks. That complete collection for sale on eBay has inspired me to collect as many DC cdis as I can. Most work perfectly on nullDC. I'm amazed everytime they boot, Dreamcast still seems futuristic to me.

Bin2boot wont always work. For me, it hardly ever did. When it doesn't you can rely on other 1 click solutions, or you can learn to manually selfboot your games, which entails burning the 2 sessions separately and entering some commands in a command prompt, provided you have the toolset.