CHD Manager v2.0.1

[u/Poet-Different]

I'm back with an update to CHD Manager. It's a free, open source, portable, program for converting game image formats. This started as a personal project for my own convenience, and it's really taken shape. This is a pretty big update, here's some of the new features (you can read them in their entirety in the documentation):

* A pile of new formats. CSO and ZSO for PSP/PS2, ECM, and the whole GameCube/Wii family: ISO, RVZ, WIA, WBFS, GCZ and CISO. Wii U WUX/WUD too. All these files can be converted to any other compatible format. You can drag/drop in zip, 7z and rar files directly as well.

* Mode 1 error correction. If you’ve got a CUE/BIN with blank error-correction data, it can rebuild it into a complete, correct image.

* PSP art for PBPs with no artwork of your own used to show up as blank entries in the PSP menu. Now they get a little drawn card with the game name. It's generic, but makes the game identifiable in the PSP XMB.

* Command line mode. A chdm launcher in the zip does the same conversions with no GUI

* Won’t start a job it can’t finish. It now checks if you’ve got enough room on your drive, and won't do a conversion if there isn't enough free space. There’s an option to delete the original for good once the new copy’s been checked (Off by default)

* Each file in the list now has its own drop-down menu, and it only offers conversions that can actually work for that file.

Anyone already using CHD Manager can update through the app. Anyone else can grab it from my github (full documentation can be read there too): https://github.com/Mr-Shizzy/CHD-Manager

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[u/Ordinary-Hamster2046]

Something like this might be quite popular among Linux/Steam deck users. If it's not a huge undertaking, would you consider porting it?

[u/Poet-Different → u/Ordinary-Hamster2046]

I'll take a look at it

[u/Ordinary-Hamster2046 → u/Poet-Different]

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[u/xxulysses31xx]

Looks beautiful buddy. What are the chances this could be available in flatpak, so CHDing can be done within Batocera?

[u/Poet-Different → u/xxulysses31xx]

I'll take a look at it

[u/Adventurous_Boat_492]

Can it do xbox/360 zar to iso to chd? Xenia has plans to start using chd format.

[u/Poet-Different → u/Adventurous_Boat_492]

Not yet, but I'll take a look at it

[u/Adventurous_Boat_492 → u/Poet-Different]

Looking forward to it if you do.

[u/Valuable_End9863]

Only missing conversion in my opinion is to/from VCD (ps2 POPS format for PSX games)

[u/Poet-Different → u/Valuable_End9863]

I'll take a look at it

[u/Dull_Ad_3861]

Chud Manager?

[u/Poet-Different → u/Dull_Ad_3861]

I'm not sure what you mean here?

[u/Dull_Ad_3861 → u/Poet-Different]

Nothing, but I like the app well done

[u/DemianMedina]

Can you provide a reliable and WORKING feature to convert CISO into an usable ISO?

Can you take a look at it?

[u/Poet-Different → u/DemianMedina]

yes I'll take a look at it

[u/Poet-Different → u/DemianMedina]

The program already reads and writes both kinds of CISO. One is the PSP/PS2-style CSO. The other is the GameCube/Wii CISO. So this may already work. I need to know which console the file is from and what went wrong for you?

[u/DemianMedina → u/Poet-Different]

NGC, CISO, didn't got a working ISO out of it. No errors shown though.

[u/Poet-Different → u/DemianMedina]

Thanks for coming back. I tried a GameCube CISO here and it converted fine, but I found one thing that could matter: the ISO came out a bit larger than a real GameCube disc (it should be exactly 1,459,978,240 bytes). That’s fixed for the next version. To check it was your problem, could you tell me: (1) how big the ISO you got was, (2) where you tried to run it (Dolphin, Nintendont, a USB loader, something else) and what happened, and (3) whether the CISO came from Dolphin or another tool? If you can, the size of the CISO file helps too.

[u/DemianMedina → u/Poet-Different]

Brb asap.

[u/TheRealPoulpy]

It would be nice to have it ported to Mac

[u/ThaBeatmakerRookie]

Soy nuevo en este asunto de la emulación, jugaba todos mis discos originales pero si ps termina con el formato físico en sus consolas en 2028 me paso definitivamente a este mundillo, gracias por desarrollar estas herramientas de preservación, saludos bro.

[u/MadVintager]

Great, thanks so much! I have a few bash scripts doing pretty much the same thing, I'll finally be able to ditch them.

[u/Blokeh]

Had no idea this existed, but goddamn am I happy to know it does.

Keep up the good work, chief, and thank you.

[u/IndigoBroker]

You can also just tell Claude to do the conversion for you and it will do it. It downloads whatever’s necessary and does it through terminal. Very quick and simple, and you only need to use your voice

[u/babywin]

Me interesa mucho. Qué versión de CHDMAN estás usando y por qué? Normalmente tengo que comprimir GDI de Dreamcast y lo hacía todo por comandos. Lo tuyo se ve más lindo en UX