Question about Voicemeeter Banana: Is there a plan to restore its identifier?

[JC-Chung]

Hi everyone,

I noticed that the identifier VB-Audio.Voicemeeter.Banana was recently removed in PR #327752. I'm curious about the best way to install the "Banana" edition now.

As far as I know, the standard and Banana editions have different installers and version numbers:

• Standard Edition (v1.x): Using https://download.vb-audio.com/Download_CABLE/VoicemeeterSetup_v1122.zip (~21MB)

• Banana Edition (v2.x): Using https://download.vb-audio.com/Download_CABLE/VoicemeeterSetup_v2122.zip (~42MB)

Since VB-Audio.Voicemeeter now only points to the v1.x standard edition, users who specifically need the v2.x features (like more virtual inputs) might find it difficult to install via winget.

Could someone clarify if this change was intentional, or if we should use a different method to distinguish these two editions?

Thank you for your hard work on this repository!

[isaiah600]

From what i understand, the removal was likely intentional since the repo generally tries to keep one stable identifier per product, and splitting editions can get messy unless the publisher clearly treats them as separate products.

If Banana (v2.x) has a different installer, versioning scheme, and feature set, then technically it probably should have its own separate identifier again instead of sharing the base one.

Right now since VB Audio.Voicemeeter points to the standard (v1.x), the only way to install Banana through winget would be if a separate manifest is re-added for it.