szapo Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I checked GDTF-Share a few months ago for the last time and noticed quite some changes to the website, e.g. the possibility to download the entire GDTF library at once. Is this function still available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Vanek Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Hello @szapo, at this point, this function is not available but we are discussing it's future return. Cheers Petr cc: @dmueller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szapo Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 OK thanks that would be a great (re-)addition. Additionally, is the database API open to be implemented in own, custom solutions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Vanek Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 @szapocan you please elaborate further on your use-case please? Thank you Petr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szapo Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 I am working on a non-commercial software for lighting control that is planned to use GDTF as the main source for fixture personalities. Instead of having to download each personality on its own it would be great to have the full set of available files at hand and perform an offline search and patching of the desired fixture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Vanek Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Thank you. Yes, this request is now already being tracked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szapo Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 Great, thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enviral_Design Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 As a software developer intending to implement native support for GDTF as well, would very much like to +1 this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgeasey@clearallvisualsllc.com Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 @szapo @Enviral_Design As a side note to this function, please keep in mind that downloading the entire library has the potential to cause problems as users can upload their own custom GDTF files that might not be supported by the manufacturer. As you can tell right now, there are a lot of test fixtures, user tests and manufacturer tests that are not correct or fully finished. I would recommend reaching out to manufacturers who are building and uploading to the share site to tell y'all which ones are done and ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szapo Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 So it would be good then to download only files that are made by the manufacturer to avoid having these problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgeasey@clearallvisualsllc.com Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 In my opinion yes, because the manufacturers are responsible for providing the correct information for their devices which should be the baseline for users and software. Now, if users decide to edit or make their own GDTF files which is perfectly fine then the software should of course be able to bring that in. In my opinion, the software manufacturers looking to use GDTF should not be responsible for errors on the user side if the spec is not followed correctly. This creates an area of accountability and safety for Software's and manufacturers. If the users change or alter something, this now becomes an unverified file that the software developers and manufacturers cannot be responsible for. At the end of the day, these files aren't meant only for users, they're for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Vanek Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 At this point, i do not think anybody else besides Robe has manufacturer's label, from what i can see. Nice to see Arri and Ayerton now have these too, great! Per my stats, the entire library is some ~850MB (with some possible duplicates in my data, i will take care of those in the future). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petr Vanek Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Btw here is the GDTF Share in numbers as of this morning. gdtf_share_report_May_7_2020.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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