[LAU] Categorizing Ladspa plugins?

[Matthias Schönborn]

> Matthias Schönborn <mbs1303 at gmx.de> 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