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Decode Launcher Universal GUI - 2026

Self-Contained .app builds are published on the releases page: MacOS (Intel & Arm)

Open a Terminal or use Warp Terminal.

1. Open System Settings: Click on the Apple menu in the top-left corner of your screen and select “System Settings.”

2. Navigate to Privacy & Security: In the sidebar, click on “Privacy & Security.”

3. Keep System Settings Open: Ensure this window remains open throughout the process.

Open Terminal: Go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

Disable Gatekeeper: In the Terminal window, paste the following command and press Enter:

 sudo spctl --master-disable 

You will be prompted for a password, to run the command, this unlocks the "allow any" option for apps.

1. Then open System Settings --> Privacy & Security
2. At the bottom under "security" there will be a prompt to allow application from Anyware to run.
3. Click allow when prompted after the first launch of the new tbc-tools.app or vhs-decode.app

Open a terminal after moving the apps to your applications directory.

Run vhs-decode.app with vhs, ld, cvbs, hifi at the start i.g decode.app vhs calls the decoder you desire, commands are universal.

Run tbc-tools.app opening it will call ld-analyse, otherwise manually call tools via tbc-tools.app ld-chroma-decoder for example.

MacOS x86 & Arm is supported.

Install Brew:

Open a Terminal and paste:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Install Dependencies:

brew install cmake pkg-config qt qwt ffmpeg fftw python pipx rust

Download vhs-decode repository

git clone https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode.git vhs-decode
cd vhs-decode

Once cloned from git, run this to install the python part:

pipx ensurepath
pipx install . --python python3.12

Install TBC-Video-Export

pipx install tbc-video-export

(There is also self contained builds if install issues arise)

Then build ld-tools suite:

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DUSE_QT_VERSION=6 -DBUILD_PYTHON=false
cmake --build build -j8
cmake --install build 

This should install the binaries in your bin folder, otherwise you can run them from the vhs-decode folder.

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Builds for MacOS (Arm) can be found here.

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