How to convert PlayStation 1 Games between formats (cue/bin, pbp, chd, iso)?

The walkthrough will guide you on how to convert PlayStation 1 games between different formats, most likely from .PBP and .ISO to .CHD or .CUE/.BIN. You can use this guide to reverse the conversion, but I recommend to use specifically .CHD and .CUE/.BIN for using with retro handheld emulator.

If you want to convert .pbp directly to .chd, unfortunately there is no shortcut way. You need to convert .pbp into .cue/.bin first, then convert .cue/.bin into .chd.

What you need

Depending on which situation, the necessary downloading files are different.

• The latest version of PowerISO
• Download chdman
• Download psx2psp
• The latest version of 7zip

Converting iso to cue/bin

• Run PowerISO
• Select Tools > Convert
• Select ISO to BIN Converter dialog
• Choose the source .ISO file
• Set the output file format to BIN/CUE
• Set a name for the output file. Click OK.

Converting pbp to cue/bin

• Use 7zip to extract psx2psp.zip file
• Open Batch mode.lnk
• Set the Input directory to the directory containing the .pbp files
• Set the Output directory to a directory to save the created .cue/.bin image(s)
• Click the Extract ISO
• Now you have the output file .CCD/.IMG
• Run PowerISO
• Select Tools > Convert
• Select Image File to BIN Converter dialog
• Choose the source .ISO file
• Set the output file format to BIN/CUE
• Set a name for the output file. Click OK.

Converting chd to cue/bin

• Use 7zip to extract chdman.zip file
• Copy chdman.exe and cue2chd.bat to the location of the .cue/.bin file(s)
• Open cue2chd.bat
• Run this following command:

chdman extractcd -i "input file.chd" -o "output file.cue"

Converting cue/bin to pbp

• Use 7zip to extract psx2psp.zip file
• Open Batch mode.lnk
• Set the Input directory to the directory containing the .cue/.bin image(s)
• Set the Output directory to a directory to save the created .pbp files
• Click the Convert

Converting cue/bin to chd

• Use 7zip to extract chdman.zip file
• Copy chdman.exe and cue2chd.bat to the location of the .cue/.bin file(s)
• Open cue2chd.bat
• Run this following command:

chdman createcd -i "input file.cue" -o "output file.chd"