> Matthias Schönborn <mbs1303@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I've got a short question: How can I categorize my Ladspa plugins? I've > > installed a lot of plugins to be able to choose the ones that are right > > for me, and now it's getting a little bit messy. If I want to chain a > > plugin, for example in ardour, quite 50% are categorized, but the other > > half is uncategorised. How can I assign them a category? Thanks for your > > advice! > > Hi Matthias > > LADSPA plugins are categorised using RDF files - you can usually find them > under /usr/share/ladspa/rdf (or do > > $ echo $LADSPA_RDF_PATH) > > in case they're installed somewhere else on your distro) > > Plugins that aren't categorised lack a description in one of these files, > and your best bet would be to write them up yourself. You can get away with > copying the header and root element from one of the other files: > > ---8<--- > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> > <!DOCTYPE rdf:RDF [ > <!ENTITY rdf "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#";> > <!ENTITY rdfs "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#";> > <!ENTITY dc "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";> > <!ENTITY ladspa "http://ladspa.org/ontology#";> > ]> > > <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="&rdf;" xmlns:rdfs="&rdfs;" xmlns:dc="&dc;" > xmlns:ladspa="&ladspa;"> > > </rdf:RDF> > --->8--- > > and then add an entry for each plugin you want to categorise inside the > root element (just before '</rdf:RDF>') - you'll only need to add three > lines for each plugin - e.g: > > <ladspa:OscillatorPlugin rdf:about="&ladspa;1641"> > <dc:title>Bandlimited Sawtooth Oscillator</dc:title> > </ladspa:OscillatorPlugin> > > The ID (1641 in the example above) and title you can get using the > analyseplugin utility that comes with ladspa. The availbale categories > (OscillatorPlugin etc) are found in $LADSPA_RDF_PATH/ladspa.rdfs > > Hope this helps! > - > Mike Hi Mike, Thank you very much for your detailed explanation! Surely that sounds like more work than I thought it'd be, but tomorrow I'll have the time. Cheers! Matthias _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
