Return-Path: Received: from mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([81.169.146.162] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5404128 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:46:38 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1394538441; l=21387; s=domk; d=mamoworld.com; h=In-Reply-To:To:References:Date:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type: From:X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH; bh=owFn4GMwjjhXTXOy/pUPfK9LCRw=; b=LFksUg0vZUfpo7cGiOmnHftqanJCzZHZQEQGVO/jGUBc2PV2tVNopTDg5/REXB4tll8 E22/SuGjAxlgDo8J7lYgCCVwkmtcHMur3xpNMnW0O7xmdPuhgi9dUsUS8oWmOkAXIYNw7 r6LmAoRMEJzxelRjWYE5mOPi1y0/pKx6m/w= X-RZG-AUTH: :JWICemClevKDgu8HjcNJMjRl593UXLPRxATGwvl0czvlKPvWKaNvvwT0g2JbTw== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from [192.168.14.32] (p5DC6564E.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.198.86.78]) by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 32.27 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id c01f4aq2BBlKep9 (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:47:20 +0100 (CET) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathias_M=F6hl?= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0F8257B8-59EF-4864-B858-81DB4FB8EB2F" Message-Id: <37B88327-0FC4-4D99-A188-8DBA51F72EC4@mamoworld.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: [AE] check plugin compatibility (best with scripting)? Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 12:47:19 +0100 References: To: After List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) --Apple-Mail=_0F8257B8-59EF-4864-B858-81DB4FB8EB2F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 One more question: I=92ve just discovered the=20 =93WriteVersionFileExtra=94 =3D =93(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+HELP)=94 trick to get the version numbers of all installed plugins.=20 = http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2009/04/list-all-plugins-and-version-n= .html probably a question for Todd Kopriva: Is this accessible via scripting somehow? Then I could combine the effect names I get from scripting with the = version numbers I get from WriteVersionFileExtra. Cheers, Mathias On 11 Mar 2014, at 07:20, Mathias M=F6hl wrote: > Thanks a lot for the quick help, Satya! >=20 > Do you mean the version number is not available via scripting or not = represented in the project at all? > Is it more or less the default that new versions of plugins are not = backwards compatible or does this happen rather rarely? > In case V1 and V2 of a plugin are not compatible but have the same = matchname, is it possible at all to install both versions in parallel on = the same machine? >=20 > Looking forward to meet you at NAB :-) >=20 > Cheers, > Mathias >=20 >=20 > On 10 Mar 2014, at 19:42, Satya G Meka (Lists) = wrote: >=20 >> Hello Mathias, >>=20 >> That=92ll be tricky. The "Match Names" don=92t change with a new = version, so you can get them from project files. But, the version = numbers are not accessible from the project file. >>=20 >> regards, >> Satya. >> On Monday, March 10, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Mathias M=F6hl wrote: >>=20 >>> Hi everyone, >>>=20 >>> I need to automatically check for AE projects whether all required = plugins are installed. >>>=20 >>> I can collect the match names of all effects used in the project and = compare them with the installed ones (available in app.effects). >>> But what about version numbers? >>>=20 >>> Is there any way to get the version number of the effects used in = the project (and also of the ones that are installed)? >>> Or does the matchname change whenever a new version of a plugin is = incompatible with an older one? >>>=20 >>> Cheers, >>> Mathias=20 >>>=20 >>> mamoworld.com >>> simplify your cgi >>> Dr. Mathias M=F6hl >>> Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany >>> Phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61 >>> info@mamoworld.com >>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >=20 > mamoworld.com > simplify your cgi > Dr. Mathias M=F6hl > Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany > Phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61 > info@mamoworld.com >=20 >=20 mamoworld.com simplify your cgi Dr. Mathias M=F6hl Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany Phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61 info@mamoworld.com --Apple-Mail=_0F8257B8-59EF-4864-B858-81DB4FB8EB2F Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 One = more question:
I=92ve just discovered = the 
=93WriteVersionFileExtra=94 =3D = =93(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+HELP)=94
trick to get the version numbers = of all installed plugins. 

probably a question = for Todd Kopriva:
Is this accessible via scripting = somehow?
Then I could combine the effect names I get from = scripting with the version numbers I get from = WriteVersionFileExtra.

Cheers,
Mathias<= /div>

On 11 Mar 2014, at 07:20, Mathias M=F6hl <info@mamoworld.com> = wrote:

Thanks = a lot for the quick help, Satya!

Do you mean the = version number is not available via scripting or not represented in the = project at all?
Is it more or less the default that new = versions of plugins are not backwards compatible or does this happen = rather rarely?
In case V1 and V2 of a plugin are not = compatible but have the same matchname, is it possible at all to install = both versions in parallel on the same = machine?

Looking forward to meet you at NAB = :-)

Cheers,
Mathias


On 10 Mar 2014, at 19:42, Satya G Meka (Lists) = <lists@rowbyte.com> = wrote:

Hello Mathias,

That=92ll be tricky. The "Match Names" don=92t change = with a new version, so you can get them from project files. But, the = version numbers are not accessible from the project file.

regards,
Satya.

On Monday, March = 10, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Mathias M=F6hl wrote:

Hi = everyone,

I need to automatically check for AE = projects whether all required plugins are = installed.

I can collect the match names of all = effects used in the project and compare them with the installed ones = (available in app.effects).
But what about version = numbers?

Is there any way to get the version = number of the effects used in the project (and also of the ones that are = installed)?
Or does the matchname change whenever a new = version of a plugin is incompatible with an older = one?

Cheers,
Mathias 
mamoworld.com
simplify your = cgi

Dr. Mathias M=F6hl
Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany
Phone = +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com

=

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mamoworld.com
simplify your = cgi

Dr. Mathias M=F6hl
Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany
Phone = +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com

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mamoworld.com
simplify your = cgi

Dr. Mathias M=F6hl
Marlow 52 , 18551 = Sagard, Germany
Phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com

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