MuseScore 4 batch convert

• Jan 10, 2023 - 00:17

MuseScore 4 doesn't seem to support batch convert jobs ("MuseScore4.exe -j batch_convert.json"), at least not in any way I've been able to find. There's no documentation for MuseScore 4's command line options yet.

Is there a way to do this? Because I have a script that generates a JSON file, then runs the batch convert, but it only works with MuseScore 3.

Comments

Unknown Prodigy

• Jan 10, 2023 - 02:01

I stopped using Musescore 4. I am going to wait until late this New Year to give it a try again. BUT this batch convert to .pdf is one of my favorite features.
I am able to convert all my songs to .pdf very quickly.
Please, bring this back if it doesn't work.

Geert Willemarck

• Jan 22, 2023 - 16:18

I regret I made the switch to version 4 this soon. Too much is missing or not yet working properly. I understand the developers are doing everything they can to make everything work. Maybe the final release should better been postponed a little longer.
I hope this plugin will be ported to 4.x soon. Now only the UI is working; every effort to convert a file results in a ERROR Reading.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Jan 22, 2023 - 16:34

The batch covert plugin suffers from. Missing plugin API.
The OP talks about something different though, converting via the comma line

Unknown Prodigy

• Jan 24, 2023 - 00:47

I agree. Sadly this software was not ready for release. I used it for less than 30 minutes before I converted back to Musescore 3.x.
I have a feeling I am sticking with 3.x indefinitely. It is fine for me.

And that batch .pdf feature is my favorite plugin. I love that feature. If I make small changes to my compositions I don't have to keep track, I know I can just 'batch' them all sometime in the future.

I hope they can sort this mess out, but Musescore has a huge uphill battle to fight. They did a complete rewrite of the software so every little tiny bug that was fixed over the course of 10+ years has the chance of reappearing now.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Jan 24, 2023 - 09:23

Falling back after just 30 minutes is not fair IMHO, Mu4 does certainly come with a learning curve, 30 minutes are not enough to get past that.
Falling back after a day or 2 though is understandable ;-)

Unknown Prodigy

• Jan 24, 2023 - 10:33

Well, it was the tab issue. Multiple instances of the program were opened on my iMac which looks really strange. Then I had a horrible latency when inputting notes on my Casio PX-560M. And the output sounded poor.

I quickly realized it wasn't going to work.

Not to be rude, but I don't want to be a software tester. I will try again at the end of the year.

I would prefer to use Musescore on one of my older iMacs, but I suspect it will only work on my newest one.

I have no rush. I love Musescore 3.x it works just fine for me.

Best of luck.

ThePython10110

• Jan 24, 2023 - 00:54

Apparently, it works, and I was doing it wrong somehow. It may just be that MuseScore 4 requires absolute paths in the JSON file.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Jan 24, 2023 - 09:21

Either that, or relative paths to your current working directory, and that might not be what you think it to be?

davil123

• Feb 23, 2024 - 14:38

I noticed that your batch conversion plugin has added these new features. Does he have the ability to partially export now in Musescore4, even if it can export a single note.such as export an MP3 file for a certain note.

hari@vt100.at

• Feb 22, 2024 - 14:15

Command line export doesn't work for me either for parts. This example works perfectly fine on musescore 3:

[ { "in": "/home/hari/gdrive/musescore/satz/ventilinstrumente/Johann_Kicker_Marsch_neu.mscz", "out": [ [ "/home/hari/musescore-output/marsch/ventilinstrumente/Johann_Kicker_Marsch_neu-", ".svg" ] ] } ]

With Version 4 nothing happens. Not even an error message.
It does work for non-parts, but not with multiple output formats. E.g. I cannot export PDF and MP3 from a score at the same time.
Still, the part export via commandline is essential for me. Any ideas?

Kyle Gray Young

• Sep 16, 2024 - 18:10

Has this been fixed in 4 yet? I have 98 tunes ready for my next book.

ThePython10110

• Sep 16, 2024 - 21:02

It still doesn't work (or at least, it didn't at the beginning of July, and the GitHub issue I made hasn't been closed yet). Luckily for me, I was using a Python script to generate the JSON file anyway... so I just skipped the JSON and used the -o option to directly convert the files individually, which worked great.