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adamf154 · 23-08-10, 12:37 AM

I have just started using a videomate S350 DVB-s card and when i am watching a program there is 8 squares in the top right hand corner of the screen which is quite annoying.

Does anyone knoiw what this is and if there is a way to get rid of it

thanks in advance

TheCoder · 23-08-10, 02:03 AM

This kind of branding usually tends to indicate your using an evaluation copy of a particular video codec. Tbh, with all the DOG's on digital tv screens these days I dont even notice such things anymore.

adamf154 · 23-08-10, 02:56 AM

well i just use the k-lite codec pack i have just upgarded to the newest version and that is free there shouldn't be any other type of codec on my machine other than whats in this package

adamf154 · 23-08-10, 04:59 AM

It seems that this is elecard some mpeg decoder thing for progdvb but the program doesn't work without it which is very annoying

TheCoder · 23-08-10, 08:14 PM

You can find "cracked" versions of the Elecard codec which removes the branding.

Personally though, I dont like cracked programs (unless i've done em myself) because all too often they have extra payloads built in which virus detectors seem incapable of actually detecting.

23-08-10, 12:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
adamf154 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Annoying 8 squares in top corner of Screen I have just started using a videomate S350 DVB-s card and when i am watching a program there is 8 squares in the top right hand corner of the screen which is quite annoying. Does anyone knoiw what this is and if there is a way to get rid of it thanks in advance

23-08-10, 02:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
TheCoder Underground Crew Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Undrground Posts: 2,149 Thanks: 15 Thanked 1,691 Times in 933 Posts	Re: Annoying 8 squares in top corner of Screen This kind of branding usually tends to indicate your using an evaluation copy of a particular video codec. Tbh, with all the DOG's on digital tv screens these days I dont even notice such things anymore.

23-08-10, 02:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
adamf154 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Annoying 8 squares in top corner of Screen well i just use the k-lite codec pack i have just upgarded to the newest version and that is free there shouldn't be any other type of codec on my machine other than whats in this package

23-08-10, 04:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
adamf154 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Annoying 8 squares in top corner of Screen It seems that this is elecard some mpeg decoder thing for progdvb but the program doesn't work without it which is very annoying

23-08-10, 08:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
TheCoder Underground Crew Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Undrground Posts: 2,149 Thanks: 15 Thanked 1,691 Times in 933 Posts	Re: Annoying 8 squares in top corner of Screen You can find "cracked" versions of the Elecard codec which removes the branding. Personally though, I dont like cracked programs (unless i've done em myself) because all too often they have extra payloads built in which virus detectors seem incapable of actually detecting.