`load_profile()` does not work if profile goes from Rainbow to Static

[felipecrs]

Example:

I'll load manually my profile named Rainbow, which sets all devices to use Mode: Rainbow.

Now, if I try to load another profile with load_profile(), it will only work if it's a profile whose Mode is also Rainbow. I.e. I cannot load a static color profile when currently using Rainbow with load_profile().

Note everything works normally when calling Load Profile from OpenRGB UI.

Please let me know if you need more information.

[felipecrs]

OpenRGB_vi2gOi7iPJ.mp4

[felipecrs]

Looks like I can go from Off mode to Static mode ok, but not from Rainbow to Static.

[felipecrs]

The same happens when going from Static to Rainbow. Tested lastly with OpenRGB 1.0rc2.

I guess I need to try some other SDK client. If it works with a different SDK client, then we can assume it's a problem in openrgb-python. Otherwise, it will be a problem in OpenRGB itself.

[jath03]

All the work of actually loading a profile is done by OpenRGB when not using local=True. All openrgb-python is doing in the above scenario is sending the profile name to the server. There's really not much that could be going wrong there on the client side.

You could try using local=True as a workaround, but fair warning, I haven't tested that since openrgb added profiles to the SDK.

[felipecrs]

Got it. I think we can assume this is an OpenRGB issue then. I just need to find a way to build a reproduction there.

[felipecrs]

Looks like the entire profile thing is going to get an overhaul. So maybe I should wait until the next release before reporting the issue. It may end up being fixed.

• https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB/-/issues/5178#note_2877275875