Convert Zip To Chd

Manually extracting hundreds of ZIPs is tedious. You can use a combination of a batch script and a temporary folder. Here’s a Windows batch script that loops over all ZIP files in a folder, extracts them on the fly, and converts to CHD.

How to set it up:

@echo off
mkdir temp_extract
for %%i in (*.zip) do (
    echo Converting %%i to CHD...
    7z x "%%i" -otemp_extract -y
    if exist temp_extract\*.cue (
        chdman createcd -i temp_extract\*.cue -o "%%~ni.chd"
    ) else if exist temp_extract\*.iso (
        chdman createcd -i temp_extract\*.iso -o "%%~ni.chd"
    )
    rmdir /s /q temp_extract
)
echo Done!

For macOS/Linux users, a similar bash script using unzip works perfectly. Convert Zip To Chd

rm -rf ./temp/

Batch Conversion Script Example (Bash):

for zipfile in *.zip; do
    folder="$zipfile%.zip"
    mkdir -p "$folder"
    unzip "$zipfile" -d "$folder"
    chdman createcd -i "$folder"/*.cue -o "$zipfile%.zip.chd"
    rm -rf "$folder"
done

There are several reasons you might want to convert a ZIP file to CHD: Manually extracting hundreds of ZIPs is tedious