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.bin Files
Which programme do I use to open .bin and .info files?These two files are on a dash cam website to update
the firmware but each one says Windows can`t open this file,find a programme to do this.
.bin Files
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Hi I would assume you're looking at a procedure similar to one used for updating the BIOS, for example.
I would expect the manufacturer provides some sort of script or program to make use of the contents of the bin file. Note the line in bold below as an example.
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There are also more traditional DOS-based BIOS-flashing tools. When using those tools, you create a DOS live USB drive, and then copy the BIOS-flashing utility and BIOS file to that USB drive. You then restart your computer and boot from the USB drive. In the minimal DOS environment that appears after the reboot, you run the appropriate command—often something like flash.bat BIOS3245.bin—and the tool flashes the new version of the BIOS onto the firmware.
The DOS-based flashing tool is often provided in the BIOS archive you download from the manufacturer’s website, although you may have to download it separately. Look for a file with the .bat or .exe file extension.
In the past, this process was performed with bootable floppy disks and CDs. We recommend a USB drive because it’s probably be the easiest method on modern hardware.
A .bin file is normally a compressed file. Just for interest - as I doubt you'd be expected to do this- this is how you can find out- it's easy..
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You can probably open the .info with notepad - they are normally text files.
The .bin could be anything - normally it is short for "binary" but what format it is in is not standard. Perhaps compressed, perhaps not. For example if you download something that is actually meant to run on Windows you may get several .bin files that can only be extracted by their installer.
I write programs for IBM midrange systems and store them as .bin files on my laptop but Windows can't read them at all as they are for a completely different CPU. .bin is just a convention - I could equally well call "Program.bin" "Program.Terrysutt". The same would apply to your dashcam.
You certainly don't want to copy random files onto your dashcam but if you want you can use HxD to open any file and see if you can make any sense of it.
For example, here is the start of first .bin file for the Wateland2 game downloaded from GOG. Makes no sense to me except the first 3 bytes seem to indicate it is compressed using RAR. That is only a guess though
What is your dashcam? What is the link?
That is the more interesting question as Windows will not run a dashcam program and realistically decoding a .bin file containing software compiled for an unknown CPU is going to be impossible.
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Thanks for the replies,recieved an email from the camera company saying that the files don`t have to be opened
just copy them to the CF card.
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