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chdman

Manage and convert CHD (Compressed Hunks of Data) images. tldr-pages

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

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

chdman createcd --input path/to/file.cue --output path/to/file.chdIdentify

Create a CHD from a raw hard drive image

chdman createhd --input path/to/disk.img --output path/to/disk.chdIdentify

Extract (decompress) a CHD back to BIN/CUE

chdman extractcd --input path/to/file.chd --output path/to/file.cueIdentify

Verify integrity of CHD file

chdman verify --input path/to/file.chdIdentify

View CHD metadata information

chdman info --input path/to/file.chdIdentify

Update a CHD file to the latest format version

chdman copy --input path/to/old_file.chd --output path/to/new_file.chdIdentify

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

chdman extracthd --input path/to/disk.chd --output path/to/disk.imgIdentify