What does this error message mean? "load failed on plugin com.TopazLabs.VideoEnhance"
I have no idea why Houdini is trying to connect to Topaz.
What am I missing?
Topaz Plugin warning at launch of 20.5.313?
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Copy the 'COPopenfxdenylist' file from "C:\Program Files\Side Effects Software\Houdini 20.5.###\houdini" to your Houdini preferences folder and edit it to include the plugins you want to ignore.
**plugin_to_ignore**
All your OpenFX plugins are located here: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX"
**NeatVideo5RS**
**DehancerProCuda_x86_64_v7.ofx.bundle**
**Magic**
**DVO.ofx.bundle**
**OFXCinemaGradePlugin.ofx.bundle**
**Red Giant Universe**
**DehancerProCuda_x86_64_v7.ofx.bundle**
**Sapphire.ofx.bundle**
**Universe_**.ofx.bundle**
**plugin_to_ignore**
All your OpenFX plugins are located here: "C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX"
**NeatVideo5RS**
**DehancerProCuda_x86_64_v7.ofx.bundle**
**Magic**
**DVO.ofx.bundle**
**OFXCinemaGradePlugin.ofx.bundle**
**Red Giant Universe**
**DehancerProCuda_x86_64_v7.ofx.bundle**
**Sapphire.ofx.bundle**
**Universe_**.ofx.bundle**
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I'm still the same warning.
I added the following lines to the deny list and copied the file to "C:\Users\myusername\OneDrive\Documents\houdini20.5" where all my houdini preferences are located by default.
I got the above names from names of folders located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins
I added the following lines to the deny list and copied the file to "C:\Users\myusername\OneDrive\Documents\houdini20.5" where all my houdini preferences are located by default.
**Topaz Video AI.ofx.bundle**
**Topaz Video AIframeinterpolation.ofx.bundle**
I got the above names from names of folders located in C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins
Edited by proceduralist - Sept. 1, 2024 08:06:53
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That's strange, it blocks them for me.
If I don't block OFX plugins, Houdini takes significantly longer to load, and the RAM usage increases.
In theory, it shouldn't load these OFX plugins into RAM, but it does.
This is one of the things I disliked about C4D, every single plugin is loaded at startup, turning it into a bloated mess.
It would be great if Houdini could load OFX plugins on demand, only when the user actually drops the ofx node in COPs.
If I don't block OFX plugins, Houdini takes significantly longer to load, and the RAM usage increases.
In theory, it shouldn't load these OFX plugins into RAM, but it does.
This is one of the things I disliked about C4D, every single plugin is loaded at startup, turning it into a bloated mess.
It would be great if Houdini could load OFX plugins on demand, only when the user actually drops the ofx node in COPs.
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Hi, if you can't get the deny list working, as a final backstop we've also got a environment variable called
HOUDINI_DISABLE_OPENFX_DEFAULT_PATH
which if you set to 1 it will disable entirely scanning of
C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins
and only look in directories explicitly listed in the OFX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable.
HOUDINI_DISABLE_OPENFX_DEFAULT_PATH
which if you set to 1 it will disable entirely scanning of
C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins
and only look in directories explicitly listed in the OFX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable.
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CYTEThanks CYTE. I'll try it out. Did it affect the performance of Topaz AI in any way?
@proceduralist
I got rid of the error by deleting the spaces in the Topaz plugins folder names.
In here: C:\Program Files\Common Files\OFX\Plugins
Cheers
CYTE
Edit. The trick worked flawlessly! Brilliant!
Edited by proceduralist - Sept. 3, 2024 12:02:26
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