v1.0.0-beta4

pluginval Change List

1.0.0

• Added running auval as a test for Audio Units on macOS (levels 5 and up)
• Added running VST3's validator as a test for VST3s (levels 5 and up)
• Added better conformance to the VST3 standard when running at levels 5 and below
• Refactored internals for better stability

0.2.9

• Fixed support for macOS from 10.11 and Windows without the runtime DLLs

0.2.8

• Added a test to process audio with different sample rate and block sizes but not call releaseResources in between

0.2.6

• Avoided a deadlock when opening plugin windows for the second time on Linux

0.2.5

• Fixed Linux architecture for pre-built binaries

0.2.4

• Added tests for plugin programs
• Added a new CLI option to pass a file with a list of tests to disable
• Added notarisation to macOS builds for Catalina compatibility

0.2.3

• Fixed some failing tests on startup

0.2.2

• Added a test for disabled HiDPI awareness on Windows
• Updated JUCE to v5.4.3

0.2.1

• Added an EditorAutomationTest to adjust parameter values whilst showing the plugin editor

0.2.0

• Removed built-in support for VST2 testing, this can be built with by setting the VST2_SDK_DIR environment variable before running the tests/ scripts
• Added the option to repeat tests a specified number of times
• Added the option to randomise the test order each repeat
• Added some message loop running to editor tests to ensure the UI is actually displayed
• Added a test for processing audio whilst showing the editor
• Added an option to automatically save log files with a sensible name (see the "--output-dir" option)
• Disabled the LargerThanPreparedBlockSizeTest for AU, VST & VST3 formats
• Added a "Test File" button to the UI for validating plugins that won't scan (this improves the stack trace information in the log file)

0.1.5

• Fixed a problem catching allocations in clang release builds
• Avoided accidently setting the bypass parameter for VST3 plugins
• Simplified some parameter iteration methods to avoid returning bypass or non-automatable parameters
• Added MIDI note on and off messages for synth processing tests
• Added a Parameter thread safety test which attempts to call setValue on parameters from multiple threads concurrently mimicking automation and GUI interaction
• Added a PluginStateTestRestoration test which calculates some checksums before randomising and restoring plugin state to check state restoration is correct
• Added the ability to set command line arguments as environment variables e.g. "--skip-gui-tests" > "SKIP_GUI_TESTS=1", "--timeout-ms 30000" > "TIMEOUT_MS=30000"
• Added the ability to set a random seed to use for the tests

0.1.4

• Added stack backtraces to crashed validation output
• Added tests for detecting memory allocations and deallocations in the audio thread
• Added a test for creating an editor with an uninitialised plugin and a 0 sample rate and block size prepared plugin
• Added a test calling processBlock with more samples than initialised with

0.1.3

• Reduced the amount of default logging
• Added the "--verbose" command line flag
• Added some basic bus tests

0.1.2

• Added optional logging from the slave process
• Added an option to validate in the same process in GUI mode
• Added the "--validate-in-process" command line flag
• Replaced the "strictnessLevel" command line option with the more canonical "strictness-level" form
• Added a timeout option which can be set from the GUI "Options" menu or the command line "--timeoutMs [numMs]" flag