On 02/24/2014 10:03 PM, Bill Y. wrote: > Sorry, but IMO... > > ::Climbs on a soapbox:: > > VST paths are a never ending nightmare imo. They vary from system to > system, and there is no "good" standard for VST isolation. As it > stands there are over a half a dozen standard paths for the base VST > foder. "Program Files/Vst", "Program Files/Plugins", "Program > Files/Steinberg/Vst", "Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins", "Program > Files/Common Files/VST", "Program Files/Common Files/Steinberg/VST" > etc. Then you have 32bit and 64 bit VST isolation so have all the > previous variations with "Program Files(x86)/" and then you have the > three variations of VSTs so end up with several of the previous paths > with the variations "VST2" and "VST3" mixed in. Put the wrong VST in > the wrong folder and you can have endless random DAW crashes. The best > solution is honestly make a dummy place holder that loads when a given > VST isn't found or when a VST stops responding so that the VST data > isn't lost, then allow the user to replace the dummy with the correct > VST on their system. that being said LMMS only has a single VST path, > and while that is great if it were the only DAW a person ever needed, > but the fact is due to the need to manually isolate VSTs for other > DAWs, multiple VST paths are going to exist on virtually any serious > persons system. The fact LMMS can only specify one base VST path is > severely limiting in this area. > > ::climbs off soapbox, and hands out tomatoes for people to throw at him::
Why not just create one VST directory, then create symbolic links to that directory for applications that assume different directories? IIRC, LMMS already saves all VST paths as relative to the configured VST directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list LMMS-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
