chdman

💿️ chdman

Pre-compiled binaries and Node.js wrapper for MAME's chdman tool.

Supported platforms

OS	Architectures	Additional Instructions
Windows	x64 arm64
macOS	arm64 (Apple Silicon) x64 (Intel)
Linux	x64 x86 arm (armhf) arm64 (aarch64)	SDL2 is required to be installed separately: Debian: apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0 Gentoo: emerge libsdl2 Red Hat: dnf install SDL2

Running

You can easily run the chdman binary for your OS from the command line like this:

npx chdman [command] [options..]

Examples:

npx chdman help
npx chdman info --input Image.chd
npx chdman createcd --input Disc.cue --output Disc.chd

Installation

npm install --save chdman

Usage

import chdman from 'chdman';

/**
 * Create and extract hard disks
 */
await chdman.createHd({
  inputFilename: 'original-image',
  outputFilename: 'image.chd',
});
console.log(await chdman.info({ inputFilename: 'image.chd' }));
// { inputFile: 'image.chd', fileVersion: 5, ... }
await chdman.extractHd({
  inputFilename: 'image.chd',
  outputFilename: 'extracted-image',
});


/**
 * Create and extract CD-ROMs
 */
await chdman.createCd({
  inputFilename: 'Original.cue',
  outputFilename: 'CD.chd',
});
console.log(await chdman.info({ inputFilename: 'CD.chd' }));
// { inputFile: 'CD.chd', fileVersion: 5, ... }
await chdman.extractCd({
  inputFilename: 'CD.chd',
  outputFilename: 'Extracted.cue',
  outputBinFilename: 'Extracted.bin',
});


/**
 * Create and extract DVD-ROMs
 */
await chdman.createDvd({
  inputFilename: 'Original.iso',
  outputFilename: 'DVD.chd',
});
console.log(await chdman.info({ inputFilename: 'DVD.chd' }));
// { inputFile: 'DVD.chd', fileVersion: 5, ... }
await chdman.extractDvd({
  inputFilename: 'DVD.chd',
  outputFilename: 'Extracted.iso',
});

License

MAME and its tools are licensed under the GPLv2 license.