Musescore 4.1 won’t let me save my score
I recently downloaded Musescore 4.1 and it is not letting me open my scores. It was working great at first, but recently it hasn’t been letting me open my scores. Whenever I try to open a score it comes up with a text that says “Score is invalid”. Is there a way I can fix this??
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Can you open this score?
stone2test14.mscz
In reply to Can you open this score? … by bobjp
I can open this file.
I got Error 422: Validation failed when saving the score.
BTW, I had also got Error 500: Internal server error once.
In reply to I can open this file. I got… by abjutus
i am getting the same thing. it's
likely some server issue
same issue I'm getting.
It's a long-lasting problem that has been reported multiple times, but, sadly, hasn't been fixed yet because the root of the problem is rather hard to catch. The way I go around it is this:
1) I firstly extrtact with 7-Zip my "my_score.mscZ" (or any other name) file to "my_score" folder;
2) Then I open that folder and open the "my_score.mscX" file and then work with it within that folder;
3) In case I want to save copies of my work I save them as "my_score_02.mscX", "my_score_03.mscX", etc. And I also do the same to the "audiosettings.json" (that's where the mixer changes are recorded) by saving it also as "audiosettings_02.json", "audiosettings_03.json", "audiosettings_04.json", etc.
4) If at any time I want to convert my work back to ".mscZ" format, I do that using the MuseScore's "Save as..." function - at my own risk of later not being able to open it again (yet still being able to regain my latest work through the 3 steps described above);
In reply to It's a long-lasting problem… by innerthought
How about this file: stone2test.mscz
In reply to How about this file: [inline… by bobjp
I had no problem openning it, saving it and then re-openning it.
In reply to I had no problem openning it… by innerthought
Interesting. So you opened a file in 4.1 saved it and re-opened it.
The only difference is that the second file was saved in an earlier version. I don't know which one. The first file was the second one saved in 4.1.
No idea what that means. I can open both.
In reply to Interesting. So you opened a… by bobjp
"Interesting. So you opened a file in 4.1 saved it and re-opened it."
-- Yes.
In reply to "Interesting. So you opened… by innerthought
Was this without going through the procedure you outlined above?
Neither was actually produced from scratch in 4.1
Stone 2 was saved using an earlier version. I opened that file in 4.1 and modified and saved it. That is Stone 44.
I present these files as part of a method to help see where the problem is. The OP said they could open Stone 44 but got errors.
In reply to Was this without going… by bobjp
"Was this without going through the procedure you outlined above?"
-- Yes, it was without going through that procedure (which means I didn't have to unzip anything).
Just now I tried again: 1) redownloaded your file; 2) opened it; 3) played it back; 4) clicked on "x" to close it; 5) was prompted to save it; 6) saved and closed it; 7) opened it again; 8) played it back again; 9) closed it again; - no problems whatsoever. I did it all with this latest nightbuild: MuseScore-4.2.0.231960502-x86_64.paf.exe
The only thing that kind of alarmed me, though, was that right after I opened it for the first time (step 2) an asterisk appeared next to your file's name - as if I performed some edits, but I didn't. And when I first tried to close it (step 4) I was prompted to save it first (step 5). At the very least, it looks strange to me - why does it want me to save the file when all I did was only play it back?
In reply to "Was this without going… by innerthought
The asterisk, I think, has something to do with the fact that the file was opened on a different computer. Different playback devices and sounds. Different settings and fonts. I'm not sure that it makes much difference if you save or not. Though I usually save.
In reply to The asterisk, I think, has… by bobjp
-- Interesting. Thank you!