Musescore 4, damaged file
I have been working on a piece in the new musescore 4. Considering everything sounds so much better now I had to give it a try. However, in the process of making the score I had encountered a few crashes. Always when I wanted to change the time signature WHEN there is a pick up bar involved. I shrugged it off many times as I could easily get around this by first changing the time signature and then the bar itself.
However now musescore is telling me that my file is damaged.
I can still open it, but trying to change the time signature now, regardless of where it is, crashes the program altogether.
After some further digging online I found that this has most likely something to do with a few measures being corrupted.
Now, I wanna keep working on the piece as it isn't finished yet, but the musescore developers themselves have recommended not to proceed unless the corruption is taking care of, as otherwise it might spread to other measures, presumably corrupting the whole score eventually.
But I'm stumped, I can't find which measures are corrupted, and trying to remove any bars or changing any measures just crashes musescore.
Can anyone here help me get rid of the corruption?
I thank you a thousand times in advance.
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| world of wonders.mscz | 61.23 KB |
Comments
Try to fill in measure 32
In reply to Try to fill in measure 32 by Shoichi
I just noticed that one note was missing there. I tried adding it, which removed the note behind it, and only then was I able to fill them all back in again.
However, saving the score doesn't do anything. I can press save and measure 32 is back to that one missing note.
So maybe the corruption happened there, but again, if I try removing the measure, it'll probably just crash musescore.
And remember, whatever I change, it doesn't save anyway.
In reply to I just noticed that one note… by woutvdw8
But in 3/4 there would be too many notes in Voice 1.Try this
In reply to Try this by Shoichi
Is there any way to open a musescore 4 file in musescore 3?
Also, I'll keep you updated tomorrow, as it's getting quite late for me here.
In reply to Is there any way to open a… by woutvdw8
;-)
In reply to ;-) by Shoichi
I seems that the musescore 3 file did something to resolve the problem. However, now it seems like the dynamics in musescore 4 are completely unlogical. If I open the musescore 3 file in musescore 4, the dynamics don't make sense. With, once again, no way of fixing that.
Now comes a new question, is there a way to change a musescore 3 file to a musescore 4 file?
Or perhaps a different option, how exactly did you change what needed to be changed? Because I "fixed" measure 32 (I saw that it was 3,5 beats in a 3 beat bar), but getting rid of this still crashes the programm (and still prevents me from saving any progress that has been made)
In reply to I seems that the musescore 3… by woutvdw8
A file generated with 3X can be opened, and then saved with MU4.
To open an MU4 file with 3x you must export as Musicxml (openable with versions prior to MU4).
You can try exporting to the other available formats and try to open those scores but consider that Mu4 has many features not yet active. Use it mostly as a test and, preferably, download the latest Nightly.
I hope others can advise you more fully.
In reply to A file generated with 3X can… by Shoichi
I'm just stumped by the fact that, the corruption doesn't seem to go away if I even remotely try to eliminate it in musescore 4 itself.
Just earlier this evening, I managed to actually get rid of the final bars where the corruption was present. Thinking I had gotten rid of it, I slowly (literally one by one) added extra bars again. After that, changing the time signatures respectively before any notes were even filled in. And that worked effortlessly.
Then all of a sudden, I wanted to add 2 more bars and, wouldn't you know it, the program crashed.
Not without problem either, the corruption had this time spread to 3 different bars, this time both in the beginning and in the end. Yes, in parts that were completely fine before.
So I have 3 options:
- I keep trying to hopelessly get rid of the corruption in the musescore 4 file, through musescore 4 itself. (which probably only makes things worse)
- I open the file, somehow, in musescore 3, finish it there. But then have the problem of missmatched dynamics.
- I rewrite the whole piece again in musescore 4, from a fresh score altogether. Hoping that this time it's not going to cause conflictions.
In reply to I'm just stumped by the fact… by woutvdw8
download the latest Nightly See if anything changes.
In reply to download the latest Nightly… by Shoichi
Just like yesterday, I'm going to have to keep you updated tomorrow, but we will get this problem sorted. :)
In reply to A file generated with 3X can… by Shoichi
But please do tell, what did you do to "fix" that measure?
Maybe doing that in musescore 4 will help?
In reply to But please do tell, what did… by woutvdw8
I used a note from Voice 2
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This corrupted file problem occurs quite often. Even if I fix the corrupted bars and save the file, the score still shows up with the error.
In reply to This corrupted file problem… by jofamusic
You wrote:
Even if I fix the corrupted bars and save the file, the score still shows up with the error.
Please attach that "fixed" file (still showing up with the error) and explain the exact procedure you used to "fix" the corrupted bars.
In reply to You wrote: Even if I fix the… by Jm6stringer
I deleted all the bars where I noticed the bars with excess musical values and saved the file. I opened the file and everything is OK.
I entered 12 empty bars and saved the score. I open the file again and MS4 tells me the file is corrupted. Looking at the score, I notice that some extra rests have been inserted. (see attached file)
In reply to I deleted all the bars where… by jofamusic
I was hoping for the MuseScore mscz file itself rather than a picture.
Anyhow, if you can unzip the MuseScore mscz file look for a folder that has the mscx file extension appended to your score's name. Open this file in MuseScore, make your corrections, save, then re-open. Do the extra rests return?
Also, when you unzipped the mscz file, did you see a folder named "Excerpts"?
![unzip.png]( "unzip.png")
Here's what the OP's "world of wonders" shows when unzipped:
That mscx file at the bottom will open in MuseScore3 which will enumerate any corruptions it finds. For example: "Measure 32, staff 1 incomplete. Expected: 3/4; Found: 7/8" - is what occurs with the OP's attached score. MuseScore4 can open the mscx file, but no longer provides that troubleshooting information.
In reply to I was hoping for the… by Jm6stringer
Maybe I did not say it clear enough. If I correct the erroneous bars and save the score and when I reopen the score the erroneous bars are still there.
Thanks
In reply to Maybe I did not say it clear… by jofamusic
Can you attach here the score (*.mscz) you are having problems with?
In reply to Can you attach here the… by Shoichi
The score is covered by copyright, it is a musical comedy for a new international project. I will try to prepare a modified copy of the score, naturally with the wrong bars.
In reply to Maybe I did not say it clear… by jofamusic
Since I don't have version 4 in use and therefore don't know how the parts are handled there, I can only assume that probably already existing parts could be the reason. If possible, delete them and then correct the errors in the score. Then generate the parts again.