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Use $10 CueCat UPC scanner with Delicious Library?
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blecch
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Oct 30, 2006 , 06:36 PM
 
Is there any chance of updating Delicious Library to use the cheap (originally free, now $10 on eBay) CueCat scanner, the way bruji.com's BookPedia/DVDPedia/etc. do?
     
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Oct 30, 2006 , 08:06 PM
 
The CueCat encrypts the output. It's really crappy encryption (I cracked it a few years back after picking up a dozen CueCats from the local RadioShack), so you just need another app to sit between the hardware and DL to do the decoding.
There's also a hardware work-around. When you connect two leads to each other, the encryption doesn't happen anymore, so you get the raw output.
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Oct 31, 2006 , 04:29 PM
 
I'm not saying you should hack your CueCat to work with Delicious Library. I'm just saying that if I were interested in hacking a CueCat I would start by searching Google for "hack cuecat" and go from there.
     
   
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