Ok, here is my little poll, which I hope will help us understand pros and cons of both riping methods. My personal optinion is that ISO+MP3 is evil, and we are all living in the age of broadband. BIN+CUE preserves CD-DA without any kind of MP3 distortions (Joint Stereo and/or bitrate below 256Kbit/s). But for 56KBit users out there ISO+MP3 is probably the only way to get downloads. So go ahead, vote!
BIN+CUE versus ISO+MP3
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I've got all my games on my hard drive, most of which are in bin/cue except for a couple that are in iso/mp3.
same here on the the first line, but think of the games with 1 audio track, like "this is a game disk, it will |= |_| C |< up your standard stereo" like sakura taisen *wars, whatever* or lunar silver star, umong othhers. in which case it doesnt realy matter what format its in, because that one track is usless anyways :blah
I also have my doubts about that.. but lets believe him. 
Down with cue-sheets altogether.
I'd rather a more all-encompassing format like CDI or NRG became standard, so that the entire structure of the CD could be maintained to the exact frame (something bin/cue doesn't do), keep multisession data (something bin/cue CAN'T do), and keep exact track info (bin/cue can't have 'negative time' in tracks - cdi/nrg can).
I'd rather a more all-encompassing format like CDI or NRG became standard, so that the entire structure of the CD could be maintained to the exact frame (something bin/cue doesn't do), keep multisession data (something bin/cue CAN'T do), and keep exact track info (bin/cue can't have 'negative time' in tracks - cdi/nrg can).
Bin+Cue = best
NRG or Clone CD = second best
CDI = third best
Iso+mp3 = fourth best
Bin+Cue is best suited for saturn rips as they are perfect rips from the games (no loss of quality anywhere) plus it is nice and easy to patch to a different region if you have to. CDI and NRG are a pain to change the region.
Final note - If you want the best format to preserve games and make them available to others, Bin+Cue is the best, as CDRWIN kicks Nero and Diskjuggler's arse. Clone CD is alright. If you aren't planning on spreading the images around, then by all means, pick the iso+mp3 alternative to save space.
NRG or Clone CD = second best
CDI = third best
Iso+mp3 = fourth best
Bin+Cue is best suited for saturn rips as they are perfect rips from the games (no loss of quality anywhere) plus it is nice and easy to patch to a different region if you have to. CDI and NRG are a pain to change the region.
Final note - If you want the best format to preserve games and make them available to others, Bin+Cue is the best, as CDRWIN kicks Nero and Diskjuggler's arse. Clone CD is alright. If you aren't planning on spreading the images around, then by all means, pick the iso+mp3 alternative to save space.
FYI CloneCD = BIN + CUE
The only thing clone cd adds is the subchannel data. Which I doubt you really need anyway.
The only thing clone cd adds is the subchannel data. Which I doubt you really need anyway.
It would be really nice if someone could come up with an open "universal" format. I do sort of like the advantage of being able to manually edit a .cue or .ccd to look at disc info or experiment, but realistically I think the drawbacks of keeping the metadata separate outweigh the benefits.
Umm...bin is RAW (ie. 2352). ISO is cooked (ie 2048).
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ISO's can be both modes.. cooked or raw... the same with BIN's...
The diference is that ISO's are images of a single track. BIN's can have multiple tracks on it.. a BIN for a cd with only one track is exactly the same as an ISO for that track, given that both are in same mode (cooked or raw).
Clone CD .img files is the same as a CDRWIN's BIN file in RAW mode.
ISO's can be both modes.. cooked or raw... the same with BIN's...
The diference is that ISO's are images of a single track. BIN's can have multiple tracks on it.. a BIN for a cd with only one track is exactly the same as an ISO for that track, given that both are in same mode (cooked or raw).
Clone CD .img files is the same as a CDRWIN's BIN file in RAW mode.
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