Cannot read file... unkown type v3.6
When I save a score and exit the program, if I start up again and try to either open recent or open by going to my score directory, the musescore program states that it cannot read the file, and it is an unkown type. Looking in my "score" directory I see an archive file (I'm using Linux) and if I double click on that from my file exporer I see the contents of the archive, and I can then double click on the *.mscx file and it will open in musescore.
Is there some setting I am unaware of that I can change to rectify this? It seems musescore does not recognize the file format it saves in when using an archive format. Is there a way to save un-compressed? Seems that I remember musescore 2.0 just had mscz files and there was none of this file recognition stuff going on.
Thanks for the help!
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Oh one more thing - if I save as uncompressed musescore 3 type - the program barfs and states that the file is an unknown type and nothing is saved.
Please share that file, attach it to a reply here
In reply to Please share that file,… by Jojo-Schmitz
I try to choose the file and the forum says "cannot load a file of that type"
In reply to I try to choose the file and… by jkorten
Ah OK I renamed it .mscz and it uploads. This may be the issue, the archive did not have an extension to the name. I added this extension to the archive and now it opens.
In reply to Ah OK I renamed it .mscz and… by jkorten
Yes, MuseScore needs any file it opens to have a recogized extension in order to decide how to open or import it
In reply to Yes, MuseScore needs any… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK strange. I entered a file name assuming musescore would append the proper suffix. Now I know to append a suffix as well.
Thanks!
Jerry
In reply to OK strange. I entered a file… by jkorten
MuseScore normally does append a proper extension on saving files. But there's a known issue with the Linux version, and a known workaround too, see #297613: File save can't determine file type without extension
Is that maybe the issue here too?