File “” is critically corrupted and cannot be processed.
I edited a MIDI file and saved it as mscz (MS4.2.1). Now, when I reopen it, I get this error:
> File "despair searching (melody).mscz" is corrupted and cannot be opened
Under "Show details", the only entry is:
> File “” is critically corrupted and cannot be processed.
Does anyone know why this happened or how to fix it? My work is lost if I can't recover this file.
Edit
I've tried opening both the ".mscbackup" version and the unzipped mscx file, and both give the same error.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| despair searching (melody).mscz | 35.08 KB |
Comments
See here.
In reply to See here. by HildeK
Thank you for that! Could you please explain how you recovered it?
In reply to Thank you for that! Could… by silvncr
Business secret 😉
In reply to Thank you for that! Could… by silvncr
Published at How to fix MuseScore 4 corrupted files and How to fix a score that contains corruptions
In reply to Published at How to fix… by Jojo-Schmitz
That helped me understand a lot better, thank you!
In reply to Thank you for that! Could… by silvncr
I opened the mscx in Musescore 3.7. Hitting "Show Details" in the message window shows an mscx error: MSCX error at line 476: invalid measure length: 180/1920.
I searched for "180/1920" and replaced it by 3/32 in the tags "measure length" and "duration".
In reply to I opened the mscx in… by HildeK
Ok, that's not described in those how-to's but somewhere in the forum:
https://musescore.org/en/search/content?keys=Invalid+measure+length+
In reply to I opened the mscx in… by HildeK
I remember that MS3 let me make an anacrusis by removing notes from a measure. I suppose MS4 is stricter about formatting or something.
I developed this workaround thanks to your explanation:
![Screenshot 2024-08-05 193219.png]( "Screenshot 2024-08-05 193219.png")
Thanks again!
In reply to I remember that MS3 let me… by silvncr
I cannot use MuS4.
But there it should also be possible to change the measure length to 3/32.
Maybe it's the midi import?
In reply to I cannot use MuS4. But there… by HildeK
If I manually change the first bar to 3/32 BEFORE I save it to mscz, the score won't corrupt.
In reply to I remember that MS3 let me… by silvncr
Better use 4/4 as the time sign and then the measure properties actual duration to shorten that measure to 3/32 and to exclude it from measure count
In reply to Better use 4/4 as the time… by Jojo-Schmitz
That does make more sense, thanks again.