Info About Captcha Sniper Settings
I had a problem with Captcha Sniper and just got off a support call with them (GREAT support BTW!!). He helped me get things straightened out. Don't know what it was, but CS was not solving many captchas. Things had gotten gunked up somehow. Uninstalled and reinstalled and it was ok.
That is not the real reason for this note though. During the support session, I was able to ask a couple question about the settings on CS as they relate to using it with GSA SER. I have seen this bantered around a little so I thought others might have the same questions.
You should always turn on the "Use captcha_platform for Detection" setting. This is a new feature in CS (that only GSA SER is using at the moment). Normally, CS would have to try to figure out what type of captcha it is trying to decode. With this setting, SER passes the type of captcha to CS. This speeds the solving process up as well as making it more accurate.
The top setting - "Use hosts file redirect" - is another method that CS uses. When this is set, CS will intercept "calls" to other captcha services (Death By Captcha, etc) and redirect them to be solved by CS.
Whether this is turned on or off is important. If you have this turned on, you are telling CS to intercept and solve captchas that would normally go to DBC. So, in SER if you have your 1st service set to CS (and "Use captcha_platform for Detection" set) AND YOU HAVE your 2nd service set to DBC (and "Use hosts file redirect" set), here is what will happen...
1.) SER will first send the captcha to CS (for however many retries you have set).
2.) If that fails, SER will then send the captcha to DBC (or whichever 2nd service you choose). But, CS will intercept this call and try to solve the captcha.
So, in effect, if you have both options turned on, CS will still be solving all the captchas and none will be sent to your captcha service.
These settings also have ramifications if you intend to use CS on the same PC for other applications as well. Since SER is the only program that is currently coded for the "Use captcha_platform for Detection" setting, most other programs would require that the "Use hosts file redirect" setting be turned on. However, with this turned on, it will mess up how SER works with CS (as described above).
So, bottom line (as of right now), is that you should be careful with these settings and make sure you have them set correctly for what you are trying to accomplish.
BTW - In case you wonder about the "Use clean image algorithms" setting. I was told this is an old settings that improves solve rates for only one type of captcha (PHPLD). It is ok to turn this on as well - it will help with that one captcha.
That is not the real reason for this note though. During the support session, I was able to ask a couple question about the settings on CS as they relate to using it with GSA SER. I have seen this bantered around a little so I thought others might have the same questions.
You should always turn on the "Use captcha_platform for Detection" setting. This is a new feature in CS (that only GSA SER is using at the moment). Normally, CS would have to try to figure out what type of captcha it is trying to decode. With this setting, SER passes the type of captcha to CS. This speeds the solving process up as well as making it more accurate.
The top setting - "Use hosts file redirect" - is another method that CS uses. When this is set, CS will intercept "calls" to other captcha services (Death By Captcha, etc) and redirect them to be solved by CS.
Whether this is turned on or off is important. If you have this turned on, you are telling CS to intercept and solve captchas that would normally go to DBC. So, in SER if you have your 1st service set to CS (and "Use captcha_platform for Detection" set) AND YOU HAVE your 2nd service set to DBC (and "Use hosts file redirect" set), here is what will happen...
1.) SER will first send the captcha to CS (for however many retries you have set).
2.) If that fails, SER will then send the captcha to DBC (or whichever 2nd service you choose). But, CS will intercept this call and try to solve the captcha.
So, in effect, if you have both options turned on, CS will still be solving all the captchas and none will be sent to your captcha service.
These settings also have ramifications if you intend to use CS on the same PC for other applications as well. Since SER is the only program that is currently coded for the "Use captcha_platform for Detection" setting, most other programs would require that the "Use hosts file redirect" setting be turned on. However, with this turned on, it will mess up how SER works with CS (as described above).
So, bottom line (as of right now), is that you should be careful with these settings and make sure you have them set correctly for what you are trying to accomplish.
BTW - In case you wonder about the "Use clean image algorithms" setting. I was told this is an old settings that improves solve rates for only one type of captcha (PHPLD). It is ok to turn this on as well - it will help with that one captcha.
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But with these two options on, you won't be able to use your 2nd service captcha on GSA. Am I right?
I suspect this is the case. I just checked their website and this is what it says on the front page...
"Captcha Sniper intercepts calls made to most popular captcha solving
services including Decaptcha, Death By Captcha, AntiCaptcha and Bypass
Captcha"
...so it appears that Shanibpo would not be included in this.
I use SER and Magic Submitter on this machine. I use DBC as well.
1. Use Host File Redirect is turned off (unchecked)
2. Use "Captcha_Platform" For Detection is on (checked)
In SER I have the first service set to Captcha Sniper with 0 retry and the second service set to DBC with one retry.
In the project options I have it set to Ask 1st service.
Here is a screen shot of my SER setup
http://screencast.com/t/KQjMn7pTbv11
Project setup
http://screencast.com/t/GG1LV6wXy8
Any help would be appreciated with these setting as I'm not having good results.
So my understanding is that having "Use captcha_platform for Detection" selected improves CS solving, but if I want SER to actually use DBC as second setting than "hosts file redirect" must be unchecked? Is that right?
error 53
had this before and it was another program (captcha infinity)
modifying my C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file
so I cleaned the new entries from the file
or it could be the 80 port taken over by teamviewer or skype
otherwise send message to support