What Is a CSO File?

A file with the CSOfile extensionis most likely a compressedISO imagefile.

The format is also referred to as “CISO.”

Original PlayStation Portable game console

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The format supports up to nine compression levels.

Those two latter programs are downloaded asRARarchives.

you’re able to use7-Zip(it’s free) to open them.

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Visual Studioopens compiled shader objects.

How to Convert a CSO File

PSP ISO Compressor can convert CSO to ISO and vice versa.

It also supports saving CSO to DAX and JSO, which are similar compressed image formats.

A similar program,ISO Compressor, is another way to decompress CSO to ISO.

UMDGen can convert CSO to ISO and DAX.

Still Can’t Open It?

For example, maybe you really have an SCO file.

CSD is another example.