kapoue3 delivers a brand new version of CisoPlus — the popular CSO [command line] tool for both Windows and Linux.

CisoPlus v1.0.11 includes a nifty new feature (-rm_update) allowing all the UPDATE crap to be easily pushed into a Lost Area. As a result, you’ll end up with a smaller CSO image. By “UPDATE crap” I mean the possible firmware update and other related files that come on most UMDs.

kapoue3 notes…

If you combine this new feature with the previous one (-rm_aud & -rm_vid) you can, for example, divide by 20 the size of the game “Pocket Pool”.

Stick around, the front end side of things (Yacc) will be modified to include -rm_update.

Download: CisoPlus! v1.0.11

- source: cisoplus.pspgen.com
- CisoPlus! Results Chart

Update: Still using 1.5.2B11? C’mon… That’s sooooo 10 minutes ago… Here is 1.5.2 final with the following additions/fixes:

Extreme Link: General

• Fixed: Right click Ciso GUI Delete

Extreme Link: Options

• Added: Auto Execute
• Added: Auto CisoPlus Normal
• Added: Auto CisoPlus GUI
• Added: GUI Options – Message, Auto Delete File
• Added: Lv ForeColor – Text Color Change
• Fixed: Version Info Color – Unlockable

Extreme Link: Ciso

• Fixed: Auto Delete – Delete bug after deleting first file.

You can now associate *.ISO and *.CSO files with Extreme Link using the “Auto Execute” feature. Ensure your options are all set, browse to any ISO/CSO on your hard disk, right click, and select “Open With…” Find & select “PSP Extreme Link.exe.” Afterwards, double clicking an ISO/CSO will auto-execute Extreme Link’s Ciso, CisoPlus, and GUI options.

Avid PSP Hacks readers should be well aware of Extreme Link by now… Quake has given us a number of updates in the last couple of days and 1.5.2B11 surely aims to please.

Yesterday we saw a new version of CisoPlus with support for “Lost Areas.” (click here to learn about that…). While CisoPlus remains a command line tool — not the most friendliest of interfaces — Quake has taken the initiative by adding support for these new features to Extreme Link’s CisoPlus front end. Now take full advantage of kapoue3’s powerful CSO compressor with ease!

Good job Quake.

Download: Extreme Link v1.5.2 Final

Chalk up yet another for kapoue3. Yesterday a new version of Yet Another CSO Compressor (Yacc) surfaced which primarily focuses on a couple bug fixes:

• pipe.exe v1.3 -> fix bugs on some Windows (Vista x64) while launching ciso.exe
• bugs while deleting some files

Also featured in Yacc v0.3.9.1 is an Italian interface translation courtesy of sbrillon1.

Download: YACC v0.3.9.1 (includes CisoPlus support)

- source: YACC Homepage

kapoue3 has implemented yet another genius method used for optimizing compressed ISO images, I’m speaking CSO, yo. That rhymed.

Although the CSO compressed image format is nothing new, kapoue3 has done a terrific job tweaking & adding new functionality. Yup, CisoPlus is the key — to get the most out of your dumped UMD and memory stick storage capacity. Did that just rhyme again?

New in CisoPlus v1.0.8 is the option “-ext” allowing you to specify certain files that you wish to place in non-compressed (NC) areas. Files are specified by extension, so for example, to put all *.prx and *.xpac files in NC areas, you’d execute something like this (from command line):

cisoplus -com -MT -aud -vid -ext.prx.xpac “myfile.iso” “myfile.cso”

Included in the download are both binaries for Windows & Linux users.

Download: CisoPlus v1.0.8

- source: Homepage of CisoPlus!

The last we heard from kapoue3 was with the release of “Yet Another CSO Compressor” (Yacc) GUI. Now kapou3 presents something new in CSO compression, CisoPlus!

CisoPlus! is a command line tool which enhances BOOSTER’s CSO compression/decompression methods. The concept remains the same: shrink ISO images to save some precious bytes on your memory stick. As per the included changelog, you will notice new options which define the Plus-factor…

• there are still the original compression/decompression functions of Booster
• there is a optimized compression version for all CPU
• a simulation mode to estimate quickly the final compression rate without writing the CSO (up to 10 times faster)
• a new option: threshold which allows (as Dax) to increase the size of the CSO slightly but reduce the lags during the game (e.g. GTA). This option gives as good results as the DAX and the CSO can work on custom firmware or devhook without plugins
• a special optimized compression for DualCore Cpu owners. It can be twice faster than the initial version.

Ideally CisoPlus! with integrate easily with any CSO front end. To see the program’s full usage, pass the “-fullhelp” argument. i.e.) from Windows command prompt: “cisoplus.exe -fullhelp”

Download: CisoPlus v1.0.4

- source: Homepage of CisoPlus!