[PD] list devices without starting PD

[Miller Puckette]

This might work:

pd -stderr -listdev -nogui -send "pd quit"

(This puts the info out on the standard error, not standard out;
I'm not sure whether you can redirect standard error in windows.)

cheers
Miller

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 09:48:29PM +0200, oliver wrote:
> hi, dear list !
> 
> i tried to use the -listdev option of pd.exe to get a list of available
> audio and midi devices, and to write the output into a textfile for later
> "grep" usage.
> 
> here's what i wrote on the command line (w32):
> 
> pd.exe -batch -listdev > D:\Temp\devices.txt
> 
> the problem i encountered is, that PD always gets started, and the output of
> "-listdev" is written into PD's console window but not into the textfile i
> declared. "D:\Temp\devices.txt" exists, but is empty, and an instance of PD
> was started.
> 
> do you know a way to just get this specific information without actually
> starting PD ?
> 
> P.S.: i know about the "mediasettings" external, but i really would like to
> do this on the command line, WITHOUT actually starting PD.
> 
> thanks
> 
> oliver
> 
> 
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