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DScaler is a piece of software that captures video, processes it, and scales it for presentation on a projector or computer monitor. Grabbing video from a DVD player, TV, game console, laserdisc, or VCR. Deinterlacing video source, Detecting and removing 2:2 pulldown (PAL) and 3:2 pulldown, Reducing video noise.
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Latest version: 4.2.2 Alpha (April 08, 2012) Download sites: Visit developer's site More download options: Download latest beta version Supported operating systems: Windows
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DScaler - version 4.1.19 Hide changelog What's new (since 4.1.18): General Bug fixes for problems introduced in 4.1.18 DScaler - version 4.1.18 What's new (since 4.1.17): General * Changed compilers and upgraded main release to UNICODE * Removed all use of MFC * Fixed several memory issues What's Improved General * Lots of bug fixes * Better Vista Support cx2388x cards * New card definitions: o Lots! bt8x8 cards * New card definitions: o None saa713x cards * New card definitions: o MSI TV@nywhere Pro (Pal) What's Experimental: * PowerStrip modeline option when changing resolution in the full screen mode * DirectShow support for tuners and file * Skins & Toolbar * Timeshift * Resolution changing * Colorimetry filter * DScope video filter What's new (since 4.1.16): General - Signed Drivers for full support on 64bit OSes What's Improved General - Lots of bug fixes - Better Vista Support What's Experimental: PowerStrip modeline option when changing resolution in the full screen mode DirectShow support for tuners and file Skins & Toolbar Timeshift Resolution changing Colorimetry filter DScope video filter What's new (since 4.1.15): General Support for 64 bit OSes Preliminary support of displaying on DirectX surface for systems without overlay (no multi-monitor support) Support for compilation under VS 2005 Added more skins to install package Should work on win98 (really really this time) What's Improved General - The chances of DScaler hanging or crashing your system are greatly reduced. - Sometimes explorer.exe hangs for a while when starting DScaler. When this happens and DScaler is started a second time dscaler.ini is not corrupted any longer. - Fixed problem caused by Antivir. - Improved resume after suspend. - Fixed several problems that resulted in unnecessarily high cpu usage. - DScaler shutdown is now much faster. Lots of bug fixes cx2388x cards New card definitions: Added new Cards from v4l2 - not tested bt8x8 cards New card definitions: Curtiss-Wright cards What's Experimental: PowerStrip modeline option when changing resolution in the full screen mode DirectShow support for tuners and file Skins & Toolbar Timeshift Resolution changing Colorimetry filter DScope video filter What's new (since 4.1.14): General EPG improvements win98 support (hopefully this time we've finally done it) What's Improved cx2388x cards New card definitions: 10Moon TVBaby3 Added new Cards from v4l2 - not tested 4.1.14 After the crashing problems of 4.1.13 I've had another go at getting a haf decent release out. What's new (since 4.1.12): General Initial XMLTV and EPG support Basic support for MCE remotes New tuners added What's Improved General Massive improvements to time shift code. Lots of stability improvements. Lots of minor bugs fixed. SAA713x cards New card definitions: Terratec Cinergy 400 Mobile cx2388x cards New card definitions: GDI Black Gold IODATA GV-VCP3/PCI IODATA GV/BCTV7E Version 4.1.12 (Mar 8, 2005) What's new (since 4.1.11): General Extra still shortcuts, Ctrl+C to close a still and Ctrl+S to save CC Fixes SAA713x cards Card definitions stored in ini file (see SAA713xCards.ini) that can be configured by users to ease the addition of new cards. cx2388x cards Card definitions stored in ini file (see CX2388xCards.ini) that can be configured by users to ease the addition of new cards. Added support for more audio modes (PAL-I FM mono & Secam-L AM Mono) Autodetect TEA5767 chip What's Improved General Teletext goto dialog appears correctly with luna theme bt8x8 cards New card definitions: Hercules Smart TV Stereo SAA713x cards New card definitions: Snazio TVPVR Terratec Cinergy 200 TV Empire PCI TV-Radio LE AverMedia AverTV Studio 307 Added Compro VideoMate TV Gold Plus II FOTOCOM TV ONE XP Medion MD-42073 V-Stream Xpert-TV PVR-7134 Audio problem with Pinnacle PCTV Stereo should now be fixed. Tuning problem with Compro VideoMate Gold Plus II should be fixed. Audio AGC for the Medion 7134 MK2/3 card is now enabled. cx2388x cards New card definitions: AverTV303 WinFast TV2000 XP Expert Version 4.1.11 Alpha Some cx2388x sound fixes Fixes some XP2 issues with bt8x8 Version 4.1.10 Alpha cx2388x fixes for instability cx2388x sound fixes Tiemshift fixes by emu Other bugfixes Version 4.1.9 Alpha Fixed for audio with CX2388x cards Support for PMS PDI Deluxe/Sweetspot cards Support for MT2050 tuners Other bug fixes and new card definitions Version 4.1.8—Beta—[Setup Program] [Source Zipped] Support for SAA713x based cards Support for CX2388x based cards Multi-monitor support New MoComp2 deinterlacing mode Lots of other changes and fixes Version 4.0.1—Superseded—[Setup Program] [Source Zipped] Massive improvements to 2:2 pulldown detection Redesigned core with support of multiple BT cards New MoComp deinterlacing mode Two improved Noise Filters New Histogram Filter Much better User Interface Support of TIFF and jpeg still files Playlist for stills Set of patterns to setup the overlay and the display Direct access to the stills taken during the current session Action added to search and lock the correct film mode New setup program with uninstall Lots of other changes and fixes Version 3.1.0—Stable—[ Binary Zipped] [ Source Zipped] [README] Massive improvements to 2:2 pulldown detection. Improvements to 3:2 pulldown detection on material with bad cadence. (this is much more CPU intensive than before) New mixer control for users not bypassing the PC with sound. Channel editing with fine tuning New UI support for all most ini file settings Greedy 2 frame improved Overlay fixes Laurent's Auto-Calibration Experimental Time-shifting support Improved auto-aspect ratio detect Auto-format detection (switches between PAL and NTSC by default) Updated Linear Correction Filter with alpha non-linear zoom mode Improved Sound support Additional card support Teletext improvements NTSC50 mode for Chris Williams Always on top full screen flag Gamma filter fixed Various Bug Fixes Additional code pages for teletext More flexible zoom and positioning Alpha Logo Killer plug-in Alpha Sharpness Filter Tom Barry's new all-singing all-dancing Greedy High Motion plugin Increased range of contrast and saturation Lindsey Dubb's Old Game method & Temporal comb filter Added PAL-NC mode for Argentina Version 2.3.0—Stable—[ Binary Zipped] [ Source Zipped] [README] Plug-in architecture Judder reduction New Greedy 2 Frame method (good for sports) Gamma filter Option to save settings per format/source WSS decoding for Pal and Secam sources Use of aspect ratio WSS data 3 screens of Information using OSD (general screen, statistics screen and WSS data decoding screen) Autohide cursor feature Popup menu - right click in window New menu with direct access to all channels Command to go to the last viewed channel Single click replaced by double click to switch between window mode and fullscreen mode Option to save last used video format per video input Zoom feature - still experimental Adjustable window position Orbiting & Bounce CC support - experimental - lots of known problems Teletext support - experimental - lots of known problems Version 2.1.2—Stable—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Advanced flags fixes Mpact2 24 bit mode fix (works but you can't see menu or OSD) Tuner menu option fix. Version 2.1.1—Superseded—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Preliminary judder fix Steve's new 2-Frame Deinterlacing algorithm Tom's new Greedy Deinterlacing algorithm (this is low CPU, it is greedy because it eats one field) Steve's new Temporal Noise Filter (to switch on/off press n) Better PAL 2:2 pulldown detection (It's still not perfect though) Pixel width selection for game console support Window Position selection for use with aspect ratio controls Snapshots now in TIFF format Should start correctly from a shortcut Many code optimizations for SSE and 3DNOW! processors Adaptive deinterlace now separate method Scaler bob deinterlacing method Extensive card and audio recognition improvements from Mike Extensive reworking of parameters and defaults. Audio start/stop/save/restore on entry The ability to have multiple named .ini files. Adv Video Flags now saved and specified in ini file Deinterlace mode and many other status items now kept in ini file. Version 2.0.2—Stable—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] Bug fixed - Windows 2000 driver code was broken. No other binary changes. Deleted unused temporary files from 2.0.2 source, so source zip is smaller than 2.0.1 Version 2.0.1—Superseded—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] Numerous changes by Michael of Conexant Systems, Inc. Bug fixed - Occasional combing artifacts during commercials/music videos Bug fixed - Macrovision Purple Lines Fix! Adjustable via INI file. Onscreen Display Support Better Channel Search Support Better Channel List Functionality New optional blended deinterlace algorithm Version 2.0.0—Stable—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Bug fixed - Tearing is gone at all refresh rates! Bug fixed - Error message no longer pops up if you resize video window too small. Bug fixed - Video no longer becomes purple when resizing or maximizing. Better Automatic Aspect Ratio Detection defaults Smoother Synchronization Triple Buffering Added Option to Disable Startup Splash Screen Changed Keyboard Shortcuts; See List New shortcuts added for video source and video format selection Some existing shortcuts modified for better intuition New Video Deinterlace Algorithm - better for slow moving images, especially graphics displays. Old Video Deinterlace Algorithm - still available, better for fast motion. Automatic switching between three Video Deinterlace algorithms: Simple Weave during static images New Video Deinterlace during slow moving images Old Video Deinterlace during fast moving images Version 1.9—Stable—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Automatic aspect ratio detection! Slightly less dropped frames on slower systems Debug logfile dTV.txt disabled by default Slightly better handling of poor pulldown material Minor simplifications to User Interface Better brightness/contrast/color defaults for NTSC (majority of users) Advanced Video Flags configuration dialog Version 1.8—Stable—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Aspect ratio control simplified and made more intuitive Easier hotkeys for common aspect ratios (4:3, letterbox, anamorphic) New "Deinterlace" menu under Settings menu Detection of poor pulldown for better NTSC movie-source deinterlacing, stays in video mode if too many rapid movie mode changes Detection and better deinterlacing of scene changes in certain NTSC movie material where 3:2 pulldown sequence changes Minor code cleanup Version 1.7 —Stable—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Integrated Michael's aspect ratio control code Many bits and pieces of source code cleanup for developers Improved the appearance of About screen, added more credits Documentation (.HTM files) moved into separate subdirectory Note: No TV tuner card related bugfixes over 1.6; see Known Bugs for current list Version 1.6 Beta 4—Superseded—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Auto detect enabled by default Video format (e.g., NTSC) automatically selected upon selection of tuner type (e.g., Philips NTSC) upon first install More reliable config defaults for 3/2 pulldown detection Changes to synchronization code Note: See Known Bugs for additional details Version 1.5—Superseded—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Auto 3:2 pulldown detect for NTSC Auto 2:2 pulldown detect for PAL (not very reliable needs some tweaking) Adaptive video deinterlacing Note: Teletext and CC broken Version 1.4—Superseded—[Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Fix for overlays in low colour depths Still capture in ppm format Overscan support Version 1.3 —Superseded— [Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Code clean up Better card support Sound bugs fixed Changed overlay colour Open Source video deinterlace version 1 Version 1.2 —Superseded— [Binary Zipped] [README] Fix for flipping with bTV plug-ins Version 1.1 [Binary Zipped] [README] Support for bTV plugins added Full screen support Version 1.0 [Binary Zipped] [Source Zipped] [README] Original version--support for manual inverse telecine
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Tips and Tricks. Playing a DVD on Windows Media Player. I use Linux but I do have a few Windows XP Computers and sometimes build Windows XP computers for other people. Windows Media Player shipped with XP nowadays - refuses to play a DVD unless you go to the Microsoft Site and search for a codec (non-free ones only are listed). To get around this simply download DScaler5008.exe and run it. Windows Media Player will now play the DVD. It means you can continue to use Windows Media Player and not have to search for an alternative Player or Codecs. I hope this helps someone. Kevin Dixon
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This tool is really useful if you have an old video tape thats "noisy" to the state its not worth watching on a VCR. You can put some filters in with this and watch a perfectly clear picture. (you can't capture with the filtering turned on unless you have a really fast machine (mine wont do it) but you can watch almost anything with this.
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DScaler, is just for viewing TV (ANT or Cable) on your PC which by-the-way does an excellent job doing that. Picture is very good as almost what you would get with Cable TV. But when you want to capture an image that's where is does a poor job. But they do tell you this on their web site, that the main focus is on the picture. I had problems with cable tv shows that broadcast in stereo, this program would only do mono, some stereo did get in. I am using PCI Pinnacle PCTV Pro that has Stereo dbx. That's another reason for going for WinDVR does a better job handling capture, stereo sound and playback as well as record. For me I rather use fres BT WDM/Video/Audio drivers, Morgan M-JPEG codec V3 and WinDVR 3 gives me better results than DScaler for recording cable, s-video and vhs video onto the PC.
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Best tool ever (well, beside DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink and maybe Daemon tools.. but they've totally different ballpark :-). Well, Anyway I have really really old TV-card and no drivers for WinXP. But no worries, DScalers can still tune to TV-stations and works flawlessly with TXT-TV and all. Voila!
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This is a magic tool for TV viewing and I have finally found a codec (on2 VP4 personal http://www.on2.com/vp4.php3) that allows compressed capture with good quality. Although the codec setup get screwed up sometimes and I have to delete the ini file to complete the setup, I still think it the best TV/Capture tool I've used. Can't wait to try the upgrade 4.1.7.
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