MuseScore 4.0.2 Appimage: Unknown commandline option '--score-mp3'.
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/command-line-usage describes commandline option --score-mp3 to convert a score to MP3, but generates an error:
$ ./MuseScore-4.0.2.230651545-x86_64.AppImage --score-mp3 Canon_in_D.mscz
MuseScore4: Unknown option 'score-mp3'.
I assume I do something wrong. What is the right command to convert a .mscz to a .mp3 file?
Thanks.
Comments
It seems this option has not been implemented in MS4 yet. I have logged an issue: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/18033
In reply to It seems this option has not… by Henk De Groot
Perhaps an alternative exists? I don't run Linux, but this -o (--export-to) option works on Windows:
MuseScore4.exe "pathname\score-filename.mscz" -o "pathname\output-filename.mp3"In reply to Perhaps an alternative… by DanielR
On my system (also Windows) using -o generate a file but it was not a valid mp3 file. Whic turns out to be a mistake by me :) as tried it again and it works fine.
Alternative approach, which also works on my system, is to use a json job file.
Using the content:
[
{
"in": "score.mscz",
"out": "score.mp3"
}
]
And then use the -j parameter to specify the job file.
In reply to On my system (also Windows)… by Henk De Groot
This method works. Thanks!
In reply to Perhaps an alternative… by DanielR
> MuseScore4.exe "pathname\score-filename.mscz" -o "pathname\output-filename.mp3"
This method works on both Windows and Linux. Thanks!
In reply to It seems this option has not… by Henk De Groot
Thanks for your confirmation and logged issue.
I don't think you really want an mp3 in a Json container
In reply to I don't think you really… by Jojo-Schmitz
Correct. :-) The JSON file format describes the input file and output file. In this case input MuseScore file and output is MP3 file.
In reply to Correct. :-) The JSON file… by Erriez
That option is for something else though, it is to encore the binary MP3 format into a text Json file
In reply to That option is for something… by Jojo-Schmitz
Can you leave a comment on the github issue as well please?
In reply to Can you leave a comment on… by Henk De Groot
Sure, I've added a note. Thanks!
This option will not be implemented in MS4 and has been removed from the handbook as well.
Thank you for reporting this.
To export to mp3, use the -o option.