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Cable Decoder for ASUS V3000/V3400/V3800/V6600/V6800


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Description

Cable Decoder is a program written by me, Marcus Gustafsson, that allows you to decode scrambled cable TV. It allows you to lock and unlock the vertical sync and adjust the contrast, saturation, brightness and hue. To decode just invert the contrast and saturation and set the brightness almost to the minimum and lock the vertical sync and enjoy free cable TV. This description work for me. Cable Decoder is written after I came across the TVcabo Decoder Project pages by Kossak and discovered that cable TV decoding was so easy.

News

    23 January 2001 - Cable Decoder project stops

    Since my cable TV company has stopped to sending the pay channels on the analogue net, it is no point for me to continue developing Cable Decoder.

    27 May 2000 - Cable Decoder 0.21 is released

    This is fixes the "CaptureGraphBuilder failed!" problem. Click to download.

    26 May 2000 - Cable Decoder 0.20 is released and FAQ released

    Cable Decoder 0.20 contains the following new features: Full-screen mode, toggle between preview/capture mode. Other changes consists of: updates for new VLio-driver (upgrade to 2.43 or newer is recommended), changing video format and size now works properly, fixes for crashing on program exit. Click to download.
    I also written a FAQ, please read it.

    17 February 2000 - Cable Decoder 0.12 is released

    This a bug fix release for people getting "No capture device found!". Click to download.
    Started some experimenting with getting the pixel data, so far it goes well. A bit high CPU usage but in capture mode the updating problems are magically gone. Maybe I abandon DX Media and goes directly on video ports in Direct Draw. The experimenting also made it possible for a screen shot, see below.
    By the way, the Asus Live driver now includes the V6600 and V6800 boards. Do they use the same EVIP as V3400 and V3800? Information and test reports wanted.

    23 January 2000 - Cable Decoder 0.11 is released

    Not much has changed since the last release. It still has the same updating problems as the previous version but a new features are added. Now it is possible to save the brightness/contrast/saturation/hue settings and switch between the saved settings with one key stroke. I am really interested to know if anyone got Cable Decoder running under Windows 2000 cause Windows 98, DX Media and debugging are a bit too shaky too be enjoyable. Click to download.
    Added a link section below.

    9 January 2000 - The first beta version Cable Decoder is released

    This is the first release of Cable Decoder. It has some problems with updating the video window when maximizing or when other windows overlaps it. Selecting the menu bar fixes the problem. Feedback is welcome, just send me mail marked Cable Decoder. Click to download.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What can Cable Decoder do?
    Cable Decoder "repair" destroyed the vertical sync signal and adjust/invert brightness, contrast, saturation and hue.
  2. What do I need to run Cable Decoder?
  3. Cable Decoder exits with an error message at startup, what shall I do?
    First make sure that you meet all the requirements mentioned in the previous answer.
  4. Cable Decoder still exits the error message "No Asus capture device found!", what's wrong?
    If the error message don't say anything more, you don't have Asus Live properly installed. Read the FAQ from the beginning. If the error message contains more info, please mail me that info.
  5. Cable Decoder starts with the error message "The Cabledecoder.exe file is linked to missing export User32.dll:MonitorFromWindow", what's wrong?
    Sorry, forgot to mention that the new versions of CableDecoder requires Windows 98 or newer OS. It is the full-screen feature that in order to work properly for people with multiple monitors uses some functions not present in Windows 95 or NT.
  6. Cable Decoder don't decode any cable channels for me. What's wrong?
    Your channels might be encoded in a way that Cable Decoder cannot do anything about.
  7. The pictures is only in black and white. What's wrong?
    Are unencrypted channels also in black and white? If that's the case change video connector from S-Video to Composite in the Options->Source menu.
  8. The capture mode is jerky, how do I fix it?
    Change image dimension and format with Video Format in the Options menu.
  9. Why don't you release the source code?
    Cable Decoder is build with code to which my employer has all rights.

Todo

There is a lot a things left to do. No particulary order. If you have any suggestion, just send me a mail marked Cable Decoder.

Screen Shots

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This page was last modified January the 23rd in the year of 2001. 1078