QR decoders

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:32 am

I know there are sites where a person can upload one of the QR codes and decode it, but I'm having a dickens of a time finding any. Everything I've found requires you to put it into your non-smart phone. Since that's a tech thing, I don't want to touch it. Thanks!

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:36 am

http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:46 am

...and here is a generator:

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:53 am

Lostby7 wrote:

...and here is a generator:

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

This sounds way worse than the jelly beans I ate this weekend.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:01 am

I thought that was a jellybean flavor...

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:17 am

labrat_wr wrote:

I thought that was a jellybean flavor...

It is one of (Harry Potter) Bertie Bott's Jelly Bean flavors...

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:19 am

That one returned a bad code. Thanks anyway.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:24 am

Lostby7 wrote:

labrat_wr wrote:

I thought that was a jellybean flavor...

It is one of (Harry Potter) Bertie Bott's Jelly Bean flavors...

Wow - we're getting way off topic, but for the record - I think the moldy cheese takes the award for worst flavor ever (very accurate but horrible).

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:26 am

Lostby7 wrote:

labrat_wr wrote:

I thought that was a jellybean flavor...

It is one of (Harry Potter) Bertie Bott's Jelly Bean flavors...

one not in CJ's assortment I guess.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:29 am

Trekkin and Birdin wrote:

That one returned a bad code. Thanks anyway.

I'm assuming this is for a puzzle cache? If so, feel free to post the GC no (or PM it to me) and I'll take a look.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:18 am

Try this one. I have not found one yet that it has not broken.
http://www.onlinebarcodereader.com/

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:45 am

rcflyer2242 wrote:

Try this one. I have not found one yet that it has not broken.
http://www.onlinebarcodereader.com/

This is my favorite and used to to read and generate.

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:46 pm

Ditto on the onlinebarcodereader, used it to solve a couple already.. Yes, I'm expanding my horizons..

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:55 am

Here's what I discovered through trial and error. Using the xzing site, I clicked on the QR and saved it. There is an option to find the file on your machine and upload it to xzing, and doing that, it worked just fine.

The "decode one you find with its url" apparently doesn't work with the amount of stuff on a normal cache listing. I've used the barcode site for....barcodes. Didn't know it would work with these, too. Good to know. Thanks!

Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:04 am

Trekkin and Birdin wrote:

The "decode one you find with its url" apparently doesn't work with the amount of stuff on a normal cache listing.

It works if you give it just the URL of the image, but will fail if you give it the URL of the page. In IE, you can right click on the image, select "Properties", and then copy the entire Address / URL for the image to paste into url field.