Musescore Fails to Download&Install HQ Soundfonts Plugin (Linux[x86_64],3.x,9/24)
I cannot install the HQ soundfont plugin and I retried a lot of times. I use Manjaro, AMD CPU and GPU... *Well I don't know any other specs of my computer... Is it Musescore's or my computer's fault?
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Not a plugin, but an extension... Not sure it is intended to work for development builds (and I guess thit is mean be "3.x,9/24)?
What error ere you getting?
In reply to Not a plugin, but an… by Jojo-Schmitz
It says that "Musescore was unable to downlaod, install (and some other word) the soundfont". Also yes, extension, and the 9/24 build, currently latest I believe.
It also tells me to check my internet connection but my browser worked finely... Should I try reopening and then retrying? I guess I'll do it later.
If you have the soundfont loaded for your 3.5 version then open Edit->Preferences and set the soundfont directory to the same one you use for 3.5 and you won't need multiple copies of the soundfont. If I remember correctly, this directory will survive updates to nightlies - that is overwrite the existing nightly with another.
In reply to If you have the soundfont… by mike320
I have only the 3.x build now xD. But you basically say that I should copy that file, the next time...
In reply to I have only the 3.x build… by [DELETED] 32872726
I'm saying that if you want to test a nightly, don't uninstall your current version. They can run at the same time. I think the Nightly can't run while the installed version runs, but the installed version will run with the nightly already running. If you don't have the current version installed, do that and use the installed version to manage the existence of your soundfonts. The synthesizers will run independently. This means you install the sound fonts in 3.5. Point the nightly's sound font folder to 3.5 and you don't need to try to download the sound font through the nightly. You should always keep the last stable version installed on your computer in any case, even if the nightly works great and has a feature you want to use.
In reply to I'm saying that if you want… by mike320
I think I'll do better job at finding bugs if I don't associate 3.x to a stable version's files. Maybe that's my idea. But I got what you said this time. I think I'll keep only the 3.x though cause the 9/24 one works fine enough for me. I'm not super obsessed with installing that extension now, but just wondering if that reaction is abnormal for musescore.
By the way, I tested again and it failed again. It failed at ~44% and ~64% as the other times I tried before rebooting.
In reply to I think I'll do better job… by [DELETED] 32872726
I'm sure there's a direct link to the sound font so you can put it in the sound fonts folder but I don't know what the link is. Perhaps someone else can post it.
In reply to I'm sure there's a direct… by mike320
I said it's ok >:[ What I'm more concerned about is whether it is Musescore not working well here.
In reply to I said it's ok >:[ What I'm… by [DELETED] 32872726
Hard to tell, it does work with 3.5.0, the regular one and the PortableApp, on Windows, but the currently the development builds don't get updated, so we can't even check against the latest of those
In reply to Hard to tell, it does work… by Jojo-Schmitz
Well it does work in Linux' 3.5 appimage for me. So I believe it mus be musescore's fault.
In reply to Well it does work in Linux'… by [DELETED] 32872726
I've just tested this on my local build from two months ago and it definitely starts downloading (Win10 x64).
EDIT: And completes it as well, so this seems to work out good enough over here.
In reply to I've just tested this on my… by jeetee
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