Musescore

• Apr 28, 2023 - 22:38

the file doesn't open at all, I spent a lot of time on it, please help!!!!!!!
Error=XML_ERROR_EMPTY_DOCUMENT ErrorID=13 (0xd) Line number=0

Attachment Size
Sonata No6.mscz 42.29 KB

Comments

Something went wrong while the file was being saved. i extracted the attached file. I don't know how much of your work has been retrieved.

What I did:
Renamed the file to a,zip
Used the ubuntu command-line zip tool to attempt repair:
zip -FF a.zip --output b.zip
Tried opening b.zip (after renaming to b.mscz) in MuseScore- no joy
Opened b.zip in Ark (a zip/unzip program) and extracted the .MSCX file

This doesn't always work but seems to have on this occasion.

Now, if anyone else asks for a file to be fixed, try the above (substitute appropriate programs if you use Windows or Mac).

Attachment Size
Sonata No6.mscx 512.08 KB

In reply to by HildeK

Looks like some of these files that won't open in MuscScore but which contain a retrievable MSCX file are missing the last 300 or so bytes of the containing MSCZ file. There should be a start and end XML entry I think. (There should be other stuff too but I haven't read hexadecimal directly since programming the Apple][ pre-1980).

Normal:
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Truncated:
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