I'm about to chuck my cuecat... I've got a PS2 cat with a PS2>USB adapter on my XP laptop. How do I make it work in DVDPro? I've tried to scan several barcodes, still nothing.

My reputation with my wife is on the line, after spending the money for this rig. Any help is appreciated.

I use an unmodified CueCat and DVDProfiler converts the input

as scanned: .C3nZC3nZC3n2DNz6DhP7DxnY.fHmc.C3f0Dxj1DhP6DNf3.
DVDProfiler converts to: 027616799524


It is a USB version though.

Quoting Bluefox75:

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The CatNip file was actually a directory of the files from the declaw tutorial.
I think I've convinced the wife to let me buy an actual barcode scanner. But thanks for your help.

Sorry about that. I guess I should have tested the link first. I've uploaded the executable to my server and you can download it here.

Quoting verdejt:

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Anybody have the drivers/program to allow the cuecat to work on a intel based iMac?

CueCats are just a PS2 or USB input device emulating a keyboard - any system that can use such a device should be able to receive the data.  If you don't see -any- output at all when it's connected and scanning, then likely won't work for you.  If you at least get the encrypted mess similar to the example in the first posts, there are possibilities.
The trick is regarding the encryption: unless your application has native translation of the stock CueCat's proprietary mangled output (as Profiler did back in 2.4/2.5), then either you'll have to buy a declawed version, or perform the hardware modification yourself linked above by Bluefox75 that bypasses it's encryption & identification encoding chip.  After that it just outputs the UPC data in clear text.
I've not yet seen a software solution specifically for Mac systems, but one would think it's easily possible since the decoding methods are long well understood.  There are quite a few of results on Sorceforge for cuecat decryption tools, and some are platform independent as java, php and perl.  Possibly of use, at least for testing.

Nope.  Whenever I see those, I just type them by hand.

OK, so it's not just me. 

There are a bunch of threads regarding scanners, so I just picked one to shout out a "thanks" to all that have given this advice. I finally broke down and got one ... holy smokes - so easy now! 

(@Blair I got the recommended USB version. Is was so cheap, you could probably justify getting one instead of suffering any issues with the PS/2 model).

I have a USB Cue Cat straight from Radio Shack, that has never been modifed and it works like a charm, and I also have a PS/2 one that works with no problems.