Re: [Qtractor-devel] Bug when storing VST indexes

[Rui N. C. <rn...@rn...>]

hi Mathias,
> 
> today I found a problem when storing sessions with vst instruments included:
> 
> When the session gets stored, the vst instrument is referenced by an 
> index int the vst-path. That's a problem, when I add/remove some vst 
> dll's from vst directory. I already tried, to put indexes back by hand, 
> but I think i already distored the parameters which have been set, before.
> 

oh sorry, just noticed that you've  posted this very topic on the forum.

yes, there's a real short-coming on dssi-vst: vst plugins are referred
to their index on the dssi-vst scan process. what happens is that the
index probably changes if you move any of dlls around, or even if you
change the vst search path.


> Is there a way to fix this problem? Maybe the dll file could be 
> references by an absolute filename?
> 

there should be :) but not with current qtractor implementation.

you're close to the solution, it just popped from my mind now, one can
also refer to a plugin by its label, which is "filename.dll" in the case
of the ones supplied by dssi-vst.so, so...

i'll como with a fix asap, but it will work only on newer saved
sessions. older ones will suffer still...

bbl
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