How do I play .bin and .cue files in VLC media player?

Can anyone tell how to play videos with .bin extension in VLC?

The file came along with another file same name but with extension .cue.


.bin and .cue are fileformats for ISO images. The .bin is the actual data, and the .cue contains info about blocksize etc. The files can be mounted with DaemonTools and others, and appear as a virtual drive in your filesystem.

There are also CD Recording programs that can open these files and burn them to a disc.

EDIT: Nero Burning Rom, Feurio! and CDRWin seem to be able to understand this format and burn it as an image.


Easy, drag and drop the file onto the VLC Player Window. It will play the file automatically if it contains valid video files. No need to pre-mount it in any tool.


AS for now (v.2.2.4), VLC Player is not able to play .bin or .cue files that belong to regular audio CD's, which is a shame.

As for DVD-video images and other formats than regular Audio CD, it might work, or it might not. If you're unable to open the file (.bin/.cue) with VLC Player, you need to mount the disc image on to a virtual drive first.


It is a CloneCD image. You should first burn it to CD or find a tool to open the CD image, you can't play it directly with VLC.