Searching for Win utility to list installed vst´s as text file

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  1. bassboy303

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    In going to see if just looking at the file properties will give you the plugin name and version. That way I won't have to worry about hosting the VST. It would greatly simplify things!
     
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    better result with Print Screen on PC my friend- i do this for list Installed Progs before format

    Open Folder- Alt-Print Screen [alt only captcha window in focus not all desktop]
    Open Paint [gfx prog of choose]- Paste- Save
    Repeat for long list [sort by List to fit most on screen]

    Much more clear to phone pix!

    ADDITION: open folder- search folder *.dll make Print Screen of this results
    save PNG for best IMG/SIZE result of txt
     
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  4. demberto

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    All these generic file search programs won't help. Btw, there is a VST2 scanner. I don't remember its name. Its really old, like latest version of it being from 2006. However there's no such thing for VST3 (atleast free). I actually tried making such a thing many times but the complexity of C++ and poor documentation of VST3 SDK didn't help. So, I got help from a good developer, who provided me details of implementing such a program. With that, we can get a complete DAW like spreadsheet of various information about plugins.

    @digitaldragon Do you understand Microsoft COM? If you do, it would be great. Even a good knowledge of C++ would be fine. Maybe, Juce can be used. Dm me, I will tell you the details.
     
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  5. demberto

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    Unfortunately, thanks to Steinberg, it isn't.
     
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    @lerkjurk I know this, but it didn´t came to my mind at the moment, lost my temper and picked up my phone. I used to document lots of things using phone at work at construction yards, the resolution of 4k stills gives a pretty damn sharp pictures even for zooming
     
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    i know that feeling :rofl:
     
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    maybe it wolud be better delete all unused installers and archives from your collection and after os reinstall just install all of this collection from first to last?...:cool:
     
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    I was going to suggest you to look some Juce default projects, as @demberto well said. It's C++, not C#, but you could use the C#-C++ bridge (pInvoke?).
    Open source and free for free projects. This is one example I just compiled:

    [​IMG]

    The interesting part is a VST/VST3 plugin scanner and multiple possible parts and with the VST3 data retrieval.


     
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    @Xupito I think things will just get complicated with Juce for a single simple purpose GUI-less program like a VST lister. I will try using the hosting examples from Steinberg's VST3 SDK itself.
     
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    I thought about that, too. The VST SDK examples are a bit of a PITA to compile sometimes, but they have enough features for this purpose I think.

    Oh, and you can make command-line/dll/libs with Juce too.
     
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  12. Legotron

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    If you guys can do this I bet there´s hundreds of people who would love it too. I´d give you hugs and kisses for even thought about, but it´s forbidden for now :) jokes aside, make a donation page and i´ll put you some coffee money at the end of month
     
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    Anyone has a steinborg sdk forum acc and can share VSTScanner here?
     
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    One ring to rule 'em all:
    Treesize Pro. On my top 10 list and in all my comps.
    +Creates realtime lists/reports from folders or complete partitions based on a multitude of user chosen attributes. These lists data can be exported to text, PDF, Excel, Html and other formats with a single command or right click menu. It can even be sent automatically to email lol.
    +Integrates in the OS' Windows Explorer and is accessible via right click on any drive or folder.
    +Has integrated duplicate file search that actually works.
    +Performs lightning fast content analysis because it fully supports multithreaded cpus.
    +Has a "Lite" free version too.
    +Scares away noobs :hahaha:
    mainwindow_details.png
    https://www.jam-software.com/treesize/features.shtml
    Cheers
     
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  16. demberto

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    Here you go, these are packed with UPX by me. So incase, they don't work unpack them.
    Usage Instructions: <EXE_NAME> -p <FULL_VST2/3_LOCATION>
    vstscanner is used for VST3. No problems with this.
    vst2xscanner is used for VST2. Name isn't reported correctly. That would be possibly a problem with VST2 waveshells.
    Sorry, I didn't find any VST1 scanner.
     
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    Thanks demberto but doesn't get any output with booth vstscanner. Test it on Windows 10 with "<path>" and without " ".
     
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    Thank you for this efforts! somber i can not test now- depression for some time and nothing vst installed- when testing will report back :wink::bow: recommend simple nfo to accompany zips- some year from now ppl will know to thank who & instruction may disappears of this post
     
  19. demberto

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    Fully qualified path is required. e.g.
    Code:
    vstscanner -p "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Surge.vst3"
    Btw, information is in XML so don't expect readability.
     
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    ahh ok, no recursive scanning multiple files at once! What a bummer. :(

    XML is not a problem. There are many chart apps with XML import out there.
     
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