chdman

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Manage and convert CHD (Compressed Hunks of Data) images. Commonly used with MAME and retro game images.

Options (2)

-i, --inputboolean

Create a CHD from a BIN/CUE pair (CD-ROM image)

Example: chdman createcd {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/file.cue}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.chd}}

-o, --outputboolean

Create a CHD from a BIN/CUE pair (CD-ROM image)

Example: chdman createcd {{[-i|--input]}} {{path/to/file.cue}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/file.chd}}

Create a CHD from a BIN/CUE pair (CD-ROM image)

chdman createcd [-i|--input] path/to/file.cue [-o|--output] path/to/file.chd

Create a CHD from a raw hard drive image

chdman createhd [-i|--input] path/to/disk.img [-o|--output] path/to/disk.chd

Extract (decompress) a CHD back to BIN/CUE

chdman extractcd [-i|--input] path/to/file.chd [-o|--output] path/to/file.cue

Verify integrity of CHD file

chdman verify [-i|--input] path/to/file.chd

View CHD metadata information

chdman info [-i|--input] path/to/file.chd

Update a CHD file to the latest format version

chdman copy [-i|--input] path/to/old_file.chd [-o|--output] path/to/new_file.chd

Convert a compressed hard drive image to uncompressed (for editing)

chdman extracthd [-i|--input] path/to/disk.chd [-o|--output] path/to/disk.img