BIN (Binary Text)

File Format
Name	BIN (Binary Text)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics BIN (Binary Text)
Extension(s)	.bin

BIN (or Binary Text, BinaryText, Binary, BiNARY, etc.) is a character graphics format associated with the ANSI Art community. Its lack of a distinctive name, extension, or signature makes it difficult to find information about it.

Format details

BIN is basically a raw copy of PC screen memory, with each character encoded as two bytes: one for the character code, and one for the attributes. There are usually 160 characters (320 bytes) per line. Some BIN files might have a SAUCE metadata segment at the end of the file.

Software

• FFmpeg (codec named "bintext")
• Ansilove/PHP
• AnsiLove/C

Sample files

• 2013 - 16 - TCF - 16 - Colors.bin

See also

• ANSI Art
• XBIN