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Old 10-12-2019, 07:44 PM
Darryl Ramm Darryl Ramm is offline
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I'm not sure how folks are working out what plugins and versions they have installed but I've had a shell script for a while that reports plugin versions and I've cleaned it up and made it available here. http://www.darrylramm.com/plugver/index.html.

plugver.sh is a shell script for Macintosh computers that reports the versions of Pro Tools AAX, RTAS, and TDM plugins installed. You can use it to list the versions of all plugins installed in the default plugin directories, or plugins that have been moved to the "(Unused)" directories, or anywhere else. Or you can just get the version info for one plugin.

This is stupidly simple, but I find it useful. I have no idea if there is anything similar kicking around. I'd rather see something *simple* like this provided by Avid, or supported in Pete Gates' PT Prefs.

Code:
$ ./plugver.sh
----- /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins -----
Plugin                                       Version              ShortVersion         Copyright
BC Phaser 3 AAX(Mono).aaxplugin              3.3                  3.3
SignalGenerator.aaxplugin                    19.6.0d370           19.6.0.370
BF-2A.aaxplugin                              18.10.0d1452         18.10.0.1452
BBD Delay.aaxplugin                          18.10.0d1452         18.10.0.1452
BF-76.aaxplugin                              19.6.0d370           19.6.0.370
...(lines deleted)...
Eventide/UltraChannel.aaxplugin              3.3.4                3.3.4                Eventide Inc.
----- /Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins -----
Plugin                                       Version              ShortVersion         Copyright
BIAS FX.dpm                                  1.6.9.3713.Release   1.0.2                PositiveGrid
BIAS.dpm                                     1.6.3.5102.Release   ?                    PositiveGrid
BIAS Pedal.dpm                               2.3.3.5467.Release   1.0.0                PositiveGrid
...you get the idea. Please let me know of any problems.
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Old 10-12-2019, 07:51 PM
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Great !! I was searching for something like this for a long time. Thanks for sharing darryl
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Old 10-13-2019, 12:39 AM
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This is stupidly simple, but I find it useful. I have no idea if there is anything similar kicking around. I'd rather see something *simple* like this provided by Avid, or supported in Pete Gates' PT Prefs.
Hey Darryl,
Yes it is useful and something that I lost in the transition to 64 bit. I will get it up and running and re-incorporated when I get the chance! But thanks for this in the meantime.

Cheers,
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Old 03-27-2020, 03:25 PM
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fyi- if you paste the results into a text file, you can use the "import" feature of excel to import and organize. select "fixed width" in the options and it'll separate each row into the proper columns so you can sort by name.
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Old 04-08-2020, 07:10 AM
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Darryl,

Thts an excellent code that you have made.Very useful.
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Old 05-31-2020, 12:57 PM
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Hey Darryl,
Yes it is useful and something that I lost in the transition to 64 bit. I will get it up and running and re-incorporated when I get the chance! But thanks for this in the meantime.

Cheers,
Pete
Latest version of my app has plugin version checking reinstated.

Cheers,
Pete
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Old 07-20-2023, 07:49 AM
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Here's an alternative, an AppleScript that I coded in September 2018 but (I think) never shared. It saves a .csv file of all installed AAX plug-ins on the desktop.

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Last edited by Oliver M; 09-07-2023 at 05:07 AM. Reason: Deleted cause not appreciated.
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Old 07-20-2023, 08:26 AM
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Neat stuff, but I encourage most folks to just use Pete Gates’ PT Prefs that now includes plugin info reporting as discussed above. Anybody else who needs to make or modify their own plugin reporting or manipulation scripts could use the AppleScript or shell code here as a starting point.
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