This is a score that keeps coming up "can't be read"
Can someone fix this file so that it can be read in Musescore? Lot of work in it. email is bishthefish@bellsouth.net
| Attachment | Size |
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| Rule_the_Day.mscz | 52.84 KB |
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Please help!
Seems another case of #271185: Scores corrupted beyond repair, containing nothing but zeros
For sure it is a corrupt ZIP file
In reply to Seems another case of … by Jojo-Schmitz
how do you know that?
In reply to how do you know that? by bishthefish
7Zip could not extract the mscx from the nscz
If a ZIP program cannot open it, neither can MuseScore.
If you're on Windows and didn't go out of your way to disable OneDrive, the simplest way to get back the most recent save would be via OneDrive.
If however you're on another system that doesn't provide anything like this, or if you disabled this feature OneDrive for some reason, you can try finding a backup or autosave file - see https://musescore.org/en/node/52116
I don't know how far you progressed, but here's all that I could salvage:
Rule_the_Day2.mscz
In reply to I don't know how far you… by Jm6stringer
Well you saved most of the melody. The piece had a rather intricate coda after that and was orchestrated with all the instruments listed. Just finished it after three weeks working on it. Then when going to open it today it keeps giving me that "cannot read" message. Again thank you for your effort!
In reply to I don't know how far you… by Jm6stringer
Also. How did you manage to recover the bit you did recover?
In reply to Also. How did you manage to… by bishthefish
The ".mscz" file extension of your "Rule_the_Day.mscz" attachment indicates that it is a MuseScore compressed file (a zip archive).
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/file-formats#mscz
The zip file contains an uncompressed score version (.mscx) which can be opened using a text editor.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/file-formats#mscx
Your score contained thousands of continuous duplications of the same (small) section of code, abruptly ending without the proper 'end of file' closure. I deleted the junk and ended the score.
In reply to The ".mscz" file extension… by Jm6stringer
I couldn't extract the mscx, how could you?
In reply to I couldn't extract the mscx,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Using 7-Zip version 19.00 (x64), here's the extracted .mscx:
Rule_the_Day.mscx
which prompts a MuseScore load error; "XML read error at line 2373, column 18: pitch"
In Notepad+ 6,751 recurring instances of "5voice>" occur in the following context:
![pitch.png]( "pitch.png")
In reply to Using 7-Zip version 19.00 … by Jm6stringer
Hmm, 7Zip 21.07 refuses to extract it
Ah! Extracting the whole archive works, but not just that single file from it
In reply to Using 7-Zip version 19.00 … by Jm6stringer
When I found the file it was in Pictures, after whatever event caused one to lose it. I say whatever event because I do not know whether it was a Windows crash or a Musescore crash, or what it was because I had closed the program and quickly moved to shut down and left the room. On rebooting the following morning the file appeared in Startcenter with the 'cant read'. It was not in the Scores folder, and was in pictures.
In reply to Using 7-Zip version 19.00 … by Jm6stringer
When I opened the mscz file in notepad it was just a single page of code, which I know nothing about. On the first line there was the mscx listed. Question: should I continue the quest to retrieve the score or begin again? And again thank you to each for trying to help!!
In reply to When I opened the mscz file… by bishthefish
Take what Jm6stringer posted and continue with that. Or search for a backup and use that.
In reply to Take what Jm6sztringer… by Jojo-Schmitz
Good evening to everyone,
I have a similar but different problem: when i try to open my file it's all fine until the program (4.0.2) loop it self in a neverending loading of the score. It' strange because on the home page of the I am able to see the preview of the first page of the score like normal. It doesn't pop up the classic "corrupted file" windows, it's like it is stuck in the loading process. I also unzipped it and converted it in mscx file like you suggested, but I am not able to proceed any further. Would you please help me?
In reply to Good evening to everyone, I… by 2v8wj4dkt6
for me Mu4 loops on that score too. And Mu3 loops on the mscx too, so I currently don't see how to get around this
Score corruption seems to be a regular subject in this forum, is there any concensus on whether this is user hardware related or MuseScore related?
In reply to Score corruption seems to be… by yonah_ag
Based on all the available evidence from the various reports here plus what I know of how MuseScore works internally and what I know of filesystem implementations in general, I'd wager the following statements are all likely to be true:
In reply to Based on all the available… by Marc Sabatella
Interesting feedback and good point about MS4.
You often suggest that OneDrive can be used to restore previous versions so I have been keeping this in mind for any future corruptions, (I have had none so far since MS 2.3.2), but today I thought that I'd just check to see how easy it was to use this feature and I discovered that my OneDrive is not keeping any previous version history!
I know that this is not a MS question but do you have any idea why I have no history?
Does this feature only apply to business OneDrive and not personal OneDrive?
In reply to Interesting feedback and… by yonah_ag
That's not OneDrive; that's something else (not really sure what). To access the OneDrive history, you go to that website.
In reply to That's not OneDrive; that's… by Marc Sabatella
That's from the Windows File Explorer right-click on any OneDrive folder. I have checked the online version and it is just the same, no history.
In reply to That's from the Windows File… by yonah_ag
Again, that might be in a OneDrive folder, but it is not the OneDrive history, it's some other Windows history mechanism. And that other history mechanism is the one that was phased out. OneDrive is still alive and well. Here it is showing the history of a file I just created and saved a few different versions of:
In reply to Again, that might be in a… by Marc Sabatella
I'm pretty certain that it is the same history. You could verify this from the right-click on any OneDrive folder in Windows Explorer. However, since my history is also blank on the OneDrive website version, I am Googling for a solution.
Clearly the function is still alive and well - mine is just broken.
In reply to I'm pretty certain that it… by yonah_ag
No, it's not the same thing at all. As I keep saying, what you are seeing in that Properties dialog is not the OneDrive history. You're looking at the ordinary Windows file properties, which are not anything having to do with OneDrive. You can see the OneDrive history via the OneDrive item in the right-click menu from Explorer. Here are the two side by side. Totally and completely separate things. One shows three versions, the other shows nothing. It's not broken; you just aren't looking in the right place.
In reply to No, it's not the same thing… by Marc Sabatella
OK. But my website OneDrive is only generating history for Office format documents. My Windows installation is genuine and fully up to date so something has gone awry somewhere. I'm going to make a manual backup now, and then continue trying to find a fix.
In reply to I'm pretty certain that it… by yonah_ag
Could also be you're looking at a file too old - history is only kept for 30 days.
See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2017/07/19/expanding… for more info
In reply to Could also be you're looking… by Marc Sabatella
No, I've been testing on my current MS project which is being edited daily.
In reply to Again, that might be in a… by Marc Sabatella
It only seems to work for me for Microsoft Office files - so it does work a bit.
Thanks for trying to help. This is really now up to me to solve.
[Edit] Mmmm, that link you shared says it should now work with all types. Very odd.
In reply to It only seems to work for me… by yonah_ag
Yes, it has worked with all files for years. Here is me accessing it directly from Windows Explorer on a MuseScore file I just created a few minutes ago:
My account is nothing special, just a basic OneDrive account. I do pay the $1.99 a month for higher storage. But according to the official plan comparison page, version history is available even on the free plan:
In reply to Yes, it has worked with all… by Marc Sabatella
Mine is a premium account. My files, however, are not under the Documents structure so maybe that is something to do with it. They are on C:\Folders
Your Windows Explorer styling looks very different to mine.
In reply to Mine is a premium account… by yonah_ag
As far as I know I'm using the default Windows 11 styling. Maybe you are still on an older version? But anyhow, certainly, OneDrive only works on folders that are actually within OneDrive. They don't have to be under Documents specifically, but they do have to be within OneDrive.
In reply to As far as I know I'm using… by Marc Sabatella
Well the folders are specifically within OneDrive as seen when I view them on PC, online and via Android app and all files sync properly. It's only that there's no history except for Microsoft Office documents.
I'm still on Windows 10 and my ancient PC is not Windows 11 compatible.
In reply to Well the folders are… by yonah_ag
Ah, could be something about it is also not compatible with the version history feature. Anyhow, it most definitely works in general; you'd have to contact Microsoft or at least a Windows help forum to figure out why it isn't for you.
In reply to Ah, could be something about… by Marc Sabatella
I think that I must've broken things when setting up initially. My PC started life on XP with no OneDrive and I replicated my C:\Folders structure from a previous Windows 98 setup where the My Documents concept was not quite so tightly knit into the Windows fabric as it is nowadays. A free upgrade from Microsoft to Windows 10 brought me OneDrive but I maintained my old folder structure instead of going with Windows 10 standards.
I'll do things the Microsoft way when I eventually get a new PC as it just makes life easier in the long run.
Thanks for the support even though it wasn't MS related. :-)
In reply to That's not OneDrive; that's… by Marc Sabatella
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