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I'm happy to announce that user @guyd789 developed a GUl output viewer for ns4decode! This new feature is included in version 2.0 of ns4decode. It works on both Windows and MacOS. The new edition of the User Manual (pdf file) includes setup and usage instructions.

The new version of ns4decode with the GUl can be downloaded here: https://ns4decode.netlify.app/

Here's a preview of one of the GUl pages (a synth layer + FX): https://ns4decode.netlify.app/gui-picture/

This development was possible thanks to the excellent collaboration of @ns4decode

I am so thankful to those of you who put this together. I didn’t realize that an NS4 decoder existed all these months and now that I have it on my computer, I not only intend to examine some of the things I’ve put together, but hopefully those of others that have been gracious enough to put them online. Nord finally released a version of the sound manager that converts NS3 programs and I was using the prior tool to examine some of those. I found that they don’t always convert over well and this will probably allow me to have a good way to compare the two versions

hi. Is there a way to save the outputs in a GUI window in jpg or pdf format? Thanx

Pasquino wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 18:59 hi. Is there a way to save the outputs in a GUI window in jpg or pdf format? Thanx

Hmm... if I'm getting the question correctly, I would suggest doing a screenshot using your operating system builtin functionality...

Should be something like "Windows logo key + Shift + S" on Windows, and "Command (⌘) + Shift + 4" on Mac...

Pasquino wrote: ↑25 May 2025, 18:59 hi. Is there a way to save the outputs in a GUI window in jpg or pdf format? Thanx

It's a reasonable question, but currently ns4decode does not provide a way to save the GUI outputs in graphic format like jpg or pdf. It can only save the outputs in plain-text format.

I can imagine that such a feature could be useful if it could automatically export all the tabs without making the user manually cycle through them, but I don't know if that's possible. Some quick initial research suggests that the only way to save a GUI view in python (the language used to implement ns4decode) would involve adding a button or menu option in the GUI to take a "selfie" screenshot of whatever tab is currently in view. It would also require the user to install an additional package (called PIL or pillow) that is not included in the regular distribution of python.

Would there still be any interest?

You are right. Such a feature could be useful if it could automatically export all the tabs without making the user manually cycle through them. Otherwise, you can safely use the method suggested by NICoX.

Hi,

will ns4decode run on Apple Silicon Mac, or on Intel based Mac computers only?

Schorsch wrote: ↑17 Jun 2025, 09:49 Hi,

will ns4decode run on Apple Silicon Mac, or on Intel based Mac computers only?

It is a Python application so if you install the latest Python for Mac OS (which is a single Universal release, supporting both Intel x86-64 and arm64) it works also on Apple Silicon Macs.

Thanks Max, it works !!