AU Plugins also run as RTAS!?

[nean]

hi all,

today i had a strange experience.

on a support session i found out that there must be some AU plugins/instruments out there which are being used as RTAS Plugin.
In such case the AU.component File is the same as the RTAS.dpm File, there is just a UNIX symbolic link!
In the Finder it looks like a standard dpm File.

That means that it could be possible to copy the AU.component in the PT Plugin Folder and rename it to RTAS.dpm

My question is, which AU plugins you can use as RTAS Plugins???

If your RTAS Plugin size is just like 4K, you should take a closer look with the Terminal!



how i found out:
there was a problem with the install routine of an RTAS instrument, after an install the Plugin was missing.
so, i analyzed the install Package .pkg with pacifist if there is a dpm file in it, or any file which should be installed in the PT plugin Folder -> none
i found a UNIX post-install script in the Installation Package and the bug in it,.... and whats really going on there,...
i wrote a patch-shellscript without spelling mistake which soved the problem!



example from the post-process script:
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#!/bin/bash

export AUPATH="/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components"
export DPMPATH="/Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-ins"
export VSTPATH="/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST"


function linkPlugin
{
chflags -R nouchg "$2"
chmod -R a+rwx "$2"
rm -rf "$2"
mkdir "$2"
chmod -R ug+rwx "$2"
chown -R root:admin "$2"
ln -s "$1/Contents" "$2/Contents"
}


if [ -d "$DPMPATH" ]; then
chmod ug+rwx "$DPMPATH"
linkPlugin "$AUPATH/PLUGIN.component" "$DPMPATH/PLUGIN.dpm"
fi

exit 0;
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[Phil Jeffers]

Hi, Pro Tools LE only supports RTAS and AudioSuite plug-ins. If you get any other plug-in types working I'd say it's merely an anomaly and probably would not be worth exploring. VST plug-ins can be converted to RTAS via a wrapper. AU, MAS, etc are not compatible with PT's.