Compress roms to chd / Avoid multi-disk duplicates with m3u

Tutorial on how to batch compress/convert .iso and .bin/cue files to .chd files to save space. Then showing how to batch create .m3u files that solves the issue of duplicate entries with multi-disk game on emulator frontends.
Also allows for change the disks in retoarch without having to load the disks every time.
Reminder that the roms have to be in their individual folders for these batch files to work.
Updates to chd batch file:
-Added ".gdi" for Dreamcast support.
-Added "-c cdzl,cdfl" minimal size increase to reduce the performance penalty
recommended by velocity37
-Added "if exist "%%~dpi*.chd" DEL" to make sure that the conversion was successful before
anything is deleted.
-Verified working with PS2 games.
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Tools/Items used in the video:
Zip file with all files: drive.google.com/file/d/14Nya...
If you download from Pastebin or make your own batch file, remember to remove the .txt and add .bat to the end of the file.
cue_bin_iso to CHD.bat : pastebin.com/WKJwg0NN
m3u Creator.bat : pastebin.com/jtcLt7Gn
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Benefits Explained
01:24 chdman Explained
02:12 Compress/Convert .bin/.cue&.iso to .chd
04:13 .m3u Creator
06:37 Showing retroarch disk change with .m3u files
07:45 Outro
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