Converting files to CHD

[SkyHighGam3r]

I need to convert some bin/cue and iso format games to CHD format so I can use them with the MESS emulator (via retroarch, if it matters)

this is for various systems, but at the moment I'm looking at Neo Geo CD games and Amiga CD32.

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I need to convert some bin/cue and iso format games to CHD format so I can use them with the MESS emulator (via retroarch, if it matters)

this is for various systems, but at the moment I'm looking at Neo Geo CD games and Amiga CD32.

There should be no need to convert?


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[SkyHighGam3r]

Just now, tonesmalone said:

There should be no need to convert?

I was under the impression that MESS would only use CHD formatted CD games.

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I was under the impression that MESS would only use CHD formatted CD games.

Well I'd advise using MAME, since MAME and mess are now merged. That said, MAME does indeed load some disc image files. Check the docs.


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[ci2own]

1 minute ago, SkyHighGam3r said:

I was under the impression that MESS would only use CHD formatted CD games.

I use SNK Neo Geo CD bin/cue images with MAME (MESS) without any problem. For Amiga CD32 i use FS-UAE 

[thatman84]

afaik rocketlauncher takes care of sending the correct command line stuff to not need the chd format

[thatman84]

3 minutes ago, tonesmalone said:

 

Well I'd advise using MAME, since MAME and mess are now merged. That said, MAME does indeed load some disc image files. Check the docs.


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Your gonna be hard pushed to convert @SkyHighGam3r He is by far a bigger RA fan than me!!

 

What core are you using SkyHigh?

[ci2own]

@SkyHighGam3r If i'm not wrong, there's a set of SNK Neo Geo CD CHDs ready in MAME CHD Software Lists.

 

For some strange reason i can't run bin/cue SNK Neo Geo CD on Retroarch. It hangs without reason when start. This is why i use MAME.

[SkyHighGam3r]

5 minutes ago, ci2own said:

I use SNK Neo Geo CD bin/cue images with MAME (MESS) without any problem. For Amiga CD32 i use FS-UAE 

I have had a headache of a time getting both FS-UAE and Win-UAE booting both Amiga and CD32 games... Any tutorials you are aware of that are good? lol

3 minutes ago, thatman84 said:

Your gonna be hard pushed to convert @SkyHighGam3r He is by far a bigger RA fan than me!!

What core are you using SkyHigh?

lol that I am thatman, that I am.

Just now, ci2own said:

@SkyHighGam3r If i'm not wrong, there's a set of SNK Neo Geo CD CHDs ready in MAME CHD Software Lists.

For some strange reason i can't run bin/cue SNK Neo Geo CD on Retroarch. It hangs without reason when start. This is why i use MAME.

I grabbed a package of CHD Neo Geo CD games from the interwebz and it was missing a LOT, and a bunch of them are JP versions (and those aren't even working which is another issue I gotta get around to fixing...)

[ci2own]

2 minutes ago, SkyHighGam3r said:

I have had a headache of a time getting both FS-UAE and Win-UAE booting both Amiga and CD32 games... Any tutorials you are aware of that are good? lol

lol that I am thatman, that I am.

I grabbed a package of CHD Neo Geo CD games from the interwebz and it was missing a LOT, and a bunch of them are JP versions (and those aren't even working which is another issue I gotta get around to fixing...)

For FS-UAE i juste follow the module rules. You also need Amiga CD32 Extended-ROM and Kickstart ROM. I can help you with that if needed

[SkyHighGam3r]

13 minutes ago, ci2own said:

I use SNK Neo Geo CD bin/cue images with MAME (MESS) without any problem. For Amiga CD32 i use FS-UAE 

I just tried a bin/cue version of KOF '94 and it totally worked... how I got this turned around is amazing to me lol

The Philips CD-i on the other hand, I just tried some bin/cue and all I got was a teal-blue screen...

[ci2own]

1 minute ago, SkyHighGam3r said:

I just tried a bin/cue version of KOF '94 and it totally worked... how I got this turned around is amazing to me lol

The Philips CD-i on the other hand, I just tried some bin/cue and all I got was a teal-blue screen...

For Philips CD-i i use MAME too. You also need a bios (If you have complete mame set, just point RL to that folder too and it will get the right bios)

[SkyHighGam3r]

Just now, ci2own said:

For Philips CD-i i use MAME too. You also need a bios (If you have complete mame set, just point RL to that folder too and it will get the right bios)

I've got "cdimono1.zip" with the files cdi200.rom & cdi220b.rom
It's sitting in my game folder.

is this the correct bios and/or location?

I have MAME set 0.173 or something, I need to get it up to date (arcade was way low on my list of stuff to setup)
Though the "MAME CHD" set was listed separately 'cause it's 350GB, so I'm not sure what I am missing as far as the MAME set goes.

[ci2own]

1 minute ago, SkyHighGam3r said:

I've got "cdimono1.zip" with the files cdi200.rom & cdi220b.rom
It's sitting in my game folder.

is this the correct bios and/or location?

I have MAME set 0.173 or something, I need to get it up to date (arcade was way low on my list of stuff to setup)
Though the "MAME CHD" set was listed separately 'cause it's 350GB, so I'm not sure what I am missing as far as the MAME set goes.

As i can see, when exec a philips cd-i game throug RL using MAME emulator it looks for cdimono1 bios. Just be sure to point to it in ROMs path too.

 

 

[SkyHighGam3r]

17 minutes ago, ci2own said:

As i can see, when exec a philips cd-i game throug RL using MAME emulator it looks for cdimono1 bios. Just be sure to point to it in ROMs path too.

 

 

Well first of all, it never occured to me until now to double-click a log entry in RL... I feel like I've missed a massive bounty of information this whole time lol.

Here's what mine is giving me:

Process.Run - Running: W:\Emulators\RetroArch\retroarch.exe  "cdimono1 -rompath \"W:\Games\Philips CD-i\" -cdrom \"W:\Games\Philips CD-i\Hotel Mario.cue\""  -f -c "W:\Emulators\RetroArch\retroarch.cfg" -L "W:\Emulators\RetroArch\cores\mame_libretro.dll

so, it seems like it should be working right... but I just get that blue screen.

[ci2own]

1 minute ago, SkyHighGam3r said:

Well first of all, it never occured to me until now to double-click a log entry in RL... I feel like I've missed a massive bounty of information this whole time lol.

Here's what mine is giving me:

Process.Run - Running: W:\Emulators\RetroArch\retroarch.exe  "cdimono1 -rompath \"W:\Games\Philips CD-i\" -cdrom \"W:\Games\Philips CD-i\Hotel Mario.cue\""  -f -c "W:\Emulators\RetroArch\retroarch.cfg" -L "W:\Emulators\RetroArch\cores\mame_libretro.dll

so, it seems like it should be working right... but I just get that blue screen.

I can't help you with Retroarch, because i use MAME for CD-i.  Just try MAME for a while and point to the path which has cdimono1.zip bios