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DropSnorz / OwlPlug

Audio plugin manager. Small tool to manage VST / AU / LV2 plugins on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
https://owlplug.com
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Suggestion: Allow installing all VSTs of an author #21

Closed Boscop closed 4 years ago

Boscop commented 4 years ago

When installing VSTs from Vst4free, I often want to install ALL VTSs from an author. Please add these features:

  1. Viewing an author's page in the UI
  2. Placing a link on each VST to the author's page
  3. On each author page, show a button to install all their VSTs

If it's too much work to introduce author pages, or if you don't want to make this software too specific to Vst4Free, please add this button ("Install all VSTs by this author") to each individual Vst instead.

DropSnorz commented 4 years ago

Hi, thank you for using OwlPlug. :slightly_smiling_face: Yes, I don't want to make OwlPlug dependent on a specific store / plugin source.

I don't know if a "Download all" button is really needed... I mean, it's also a good thing to keep control of stuff which is installed. I'm not really comfortable with the idea of installing plugin "silently" from untrusted stores.

Moreover, when you hit the install button, OwlPlug performs some checks to prevent unwanted plugin overwriting due to filename collisions. In any case, installations can be queued, so you don't need to wait for an installation to be finished to trigger another one.

A good feature could be a page or a search criteria based on the author's name. So you can browse all the plugins made by the same manufacturer and pick up (right-click > install) some of your choices.

Arthur,

Boscop commented 4 years ago

@DropSnorz Yes searching by author would be nice, and could you please add a CLI interface so that I can write a batch file that installs all the VSTs I want (without having to click around for hours on every computer / fresh install) :) Kinda like apt-get/pacman/scoop/npm. It's easier to add features to a CLI (due to lack of GUI) such as installing all VSTs that match a glob pattern like GVST/*. (Assuming VST names would be scoped by author.)

In fact, it would be great even if it's only a CLI tool without GUI, with cli search.

DropSnorz commented 4 years ago

A CLI would be great! It reminds me of joereynolds/reap-get which inspired me to create OwlPlug.

DropSnorz commented 4 years ago

Released in OwlPlug 0.13.0

@Boscop I'will keep the CLI in mind for the next versions. I have some connections with the maintainer of studiorack-cli. A very promising package manager/ecosystem for audio plugins.

Boscop commented 4 years ago

@DropSnorz Btw, do you know if there's a way to get a list of all plugins on VST4Free, like an index? Or does it have an API?

DropSnorz commented 4 years ago

I'm not aware of any API on vst4free and I don't know who is the website maintainer. :confused:

EDIT: New vst4free version has been released on July. There is info about the creator in the footer section.