21 February 2008

Compressing Your PSP ISO Files

You have a the latest custom firmware for your PSP, COOL! You have a super duper large Memory Stick? COOL! You have a set of fancy PSP accessories? even more COOL! But what good all of them if you can only put a few games to your memory card? Perhaps you can buy more memory cards, but is that efficient?

There is a way to make your memory card hold more games. Yep, you have to compress it! With compressed ISO, you can have up to 70% smaller game files, which is really a good news for PSP gamers. About the performance, it only make your loading time longer a bit. However, until now, I never found a game which has problems (in terms of loading time or performance) when compressed.

Unfortunately, the compression tool is somewhat hard to use (if not hard to get too). It must be used in command prompt, which is quite a fuss for a novice. After searching in the net, I found a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the compression tool that makes all this compression steps much easier and more user friendly.

That program is PSP Compression Tool (v1.3). You can download it here: http://rapidshare.com/files/93667857/compressor1.3-installer.rar


To use it, just click Compress ISO -> CSO (CSO format is recommended for new custom firmware), then select the input and output file, click Compress and that's it! Your game file will be (hopefully) much smaller!

Have fun!


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