💿️ chdman
Pre-compiled binaries and Node.js wrapper for MAME's chdman tool.
## Supported platforms
| OS | Architectures | Additional Instructions |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Windows | | |
| macOS | - arm64 (Apple Silicon)
- x64 (Intel)
| |
| Linux | - x64
- x86
- arm (armhf)
- arm64 (aarch64)
| [SDL2](https://www.libsdl.org/) 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:
```shell
npx chdman [command] [options..]
```
Examples:
```shell
npx chdman help
npx chdman info --input Image.chd
npx chdman createcd --input Disc.cue --output Disc.chd
```
## Installation
```shell
npm install --save chdman
```
## Usage
```javascript
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.