+Gralorn Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Due to the tree cover becoming much more dense as the days go by, I am quite interested in utilising the 'spoilersync' programme. I've downloaded it onto my desktop, but cannot work out how to use it. Could anyone explain in laymans language for me. All I have achieved is setting up a file for spoilers in 'My Pictures'. Any assistance would be most appreciated. Why I started going paperless I begin to wonder! Link to comment
+civilised Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 I tried using this but it seemed to take ages to get anywhere and then came to a halt - even when I broke up the requested caches into what I thought might be more manageable segments it still didn't seem to like it. Any ideas anyone ? As an aside Gralorn - you could just download the relevant spoilers for the caches you intend to do in the next few days civilised Link to comment
+Gralorn Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 Thanks for that, sounds more practical to say the least. Link to comment
+KiwiGary Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 You need to get spoiler sync to only look at the GPX file that you are planning to do. I usually only use a small one say 20 caches, or it can take a while. Then once it has generated a web page, upload this to your PDA. Using plucker or such like. Check out the following web site, it explains it better than I have:- http://www.anode.plus.com/spoilersync/ I have managed to download all the spoiler photos, and use them if I get stuck in field. Much better than having to come back See ya...Gary Link to comment
+BountyHunter1 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Question I have GSAK and Spoiler Sync. I download pocket queries from Geocaching dot come one a week for my home co ords, do i need to tick a box or anything download spoilers with my pocket quierie and cache mate on the palm m130 Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 When you are ready to 'go a-huntin' run Spoiler sync. Make sure the program is set to deliver the results in to your PDA/Palm documents sync folder. When complete the next time you sync your palm/ppc you will have Spoilers loaded. Use the onboard graphics package to view the pics. Can take a hell of a lot of time to decipher a coupla hundred caches if you are on dial-up! Link to comment
+BountyHunter1 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 im on cable but when i run spoiler sync it goes through the process of searching but every cache comes up no spoiler , ive cheched some of the caches its checked and they have got spoilers, have i forgotten to click a box or something Link to comment
+aRRKS Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Bountyhunter1 If you are still struggling email your GPX file to the support email address on the Spoiler Sync homepage. I've found that support isn't very good for this product but you will get a reply evenutally Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 im on cable but when i run spoiler sync it goes through the process of searching but every cache comes up no spoiler , ive cheched some of the caches its checked and they have got spoilers, have i forgotten to click a box or something Screen shot the dialog box and upload it somewhere with a link on here so we can see what options you have checked. Make sure that you do NOT have delete previous pictures not in current waypoint file selected or you will delete any previously downloaded pictures! As long as the picture has spoiler in the description then it should download. Personally what I do is download all the pictures into a spoiler directory with only "only download pictures,ignore pictures,shrink pictures,create web pages, create summary" selected. I then run a script which reads the gpx file and copies all photos named "cache*.jpg" and "cache*.html" (where cache is the waypoint number from within the gpx file) to a spoiler folder on my sd card which goes into my pocketpc. I also set up a html extract within gsak with links to the spoiler web pages. That way when I'm in the field I have few click access to spoilers, hints and the cache page. Unfortunately none of the caches around here have spoilers on them! Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 oh and if you want to check it works, gc36eb is a cache that contains spoilers Link to comment
+Stuey Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I also set up a html extract within gsak with links to the spoiler web pages. That way when I'm in the field I have few click access to spoilers, hints and the cache page. Not sure if you knew or not, but GPXSonar now automatically puts links to any spoilers on the PDA cache page. Lovely! I have set my spoilersync to copy the jpg and html pages that are generated straight to my PDA, so I don't have to do anything other than just run the program. Link to comment
+BountyHunter1 Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 thanks guys i think i got it sorted now but if i have any more truble i will get back to you Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 I also set up a html extract within gsak with links to the spoiler web pages. That way when I'm in the field I have few click access to spoilers, hints and the cache page. Not sure if you knew or not, but GPXSonar now automatically puts links to any spoilers on the PDA cache page. Lovely! I have set my spoilersync to copy the jpg and html pages that are generated straight to my PDA, so I don't have to do anything other than just run the program. not if your pda is running 2002 though :-( I can't run the newer version. Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Bountyhunter1 If you are still struggling email your GPX file to the support email address on the Spoiler Sync homepage. I've found that support isn't very good for this product but you will get a reply evenutally Hey stop dissing the support of this fine product aRRKS! Oh its you Link to comment
+Master Mariner Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Not sure if you knew or not, but GPXSonar now automatically puts links to any spoilers on the PDA cache page. Lovely! I have set my spoilersync to copy the jpg and html pages that are generated straight to my PDA, so I don't have to do anything other than just run the program. I have the latest version of GPXSonar and Spoiler Sync but cannot get the images to display in GPXSonar... Any chance of a quick tutorial on how to display the pics? The Help file and web site do not seem to be too helpful or am I looking in the wrong place? Thanks in advance. Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 GPX Sonar just opens cache pages in IE so you don't actually view the spoiler pics in GPX Sonar. Open File Explorer find the spoiler pic that you want (file name is the waypoint name of the correspoding cache). Click it and it will open up in IE. Incidentally I recommend setting up SpoilerSync to save the photos in a additional folder to your PPC My Documents. Link to comment
+Master Mariner Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Thanks for the information on pics and GPX Sonar. I was expecting to see the pictures in-situ within the cache text. Maybe I am looking for too much! Thanks again. Link to comment
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