CHD Manager 1.3.0

CHD Manager is now Game Format Converter. This is an old release. The current version is Game Format Converter 2.1.0. The old program can't update itself to it, so please download it once by hand.

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A calmer, simpler main window

• One list of discs, one line saying which settings will be used, and one Start button. That's the whole main screen.
• The five tabs moved into a Settings window (the More menu, or Change settings...). It has the conversion options, output folder, the suggested-settings explanation, and an About page.
• The log is hidden until you click Show log. It opens by itself if something fails.
• Less common actions (info, verify selected, light/dark theme) are in the More menu.
• The table no longer shows the Folder column. The header is slimmer and spacing is roomier.
• The version buttons at the bottom of the window (chdman 0.289 and CHD Manager 1.3.0) are now the update buttons: click one to check for an update, and it turns orange when one is waiting.
• Nothing about how discs are converted, extracted or verified changed.

Updating from 1.2.2 or older: the in-app updater will offer this version. If you update from 1.2.1 or older you may see a one-time "Failed to load Python DLL" error after the update; the update still applied, so just open CHD Manager again. Updates from 1.2.2 onward should restart cleanly.

Download CHD-Manager-1.3.0-win64.zip, unzip it anywhere, and run CHD Manager.exe. Windows 10/11, 64-bit. Python is not needed. Includes chdman 0.289.

Heads up: the exe is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show "unknown publisher" (choose More info, Run anyway), and some antivirus programs can be suspicious of packaged Python programs. You can also run CHD_Manager.pyw from source or build the exe yourself with build.ps1 (see the README).

SHA-256 of the zip: E15379FCDD42303FE54902A34E640D0D5E3CB3641C7D737E5D725A455987A808