Reply To: FR: plugin cache/database – speed up project creation

Here’s how I’m planning to change the Create New Project page:

These options will be removed:
“Scan and import mono/stereo VST plugins”
“Scan and import surround VST plugins”
“Save the created project as a project template”

Instead, for the first project you create you will see this option:
“Create plugin database”

When you create the project with this option enabled, it will scan for plugins as in previous versions, but once scanning is complete Podium will automatically save a project template named “Plugin database” without prompting the user for a template name.

The following projects you create will then show these options:
“Import plugin database (updated: xx-xx-2010)”
“Recreate plugin database”
“Update plugin database”

If you only check the “import plugin database” option, Podium will import the plugin definitions from the “Plugin database” template file, and there will be no scanning.

The “update plugin database” option will import the plugin database, but scan for any new installed plugins that are not already in the database.

Any suggestions for ways to make this easier?