Return to MuseScore 3
All my MuseScore Files are now converted to MuseScore 4. I would like to return to work in my former version MuseScore 3.6.2.548021803.
Is that possible?
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Yes. You can either export from MU4 as mxl, or unzip a mscz with 7-zip. Inside will be an mscx file that will open in MU3.
Or use my MuseScore 3.7 Evolution, it can read Mu4 scores
In reply to Or use my MuseScore 3.7… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, but I can't find MuseScore 3.7 for windows
In reply to Thanks, but I can't find… by brpr
See https://sites.google.com/view/musescore-3-evolution/
In reply to See https://sites.google.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
Tanks :-)
In reply to See https://sites.google.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for posting this information. Without it, I could not have navigated the wonderful world of github to install 3.7 on my PC.
In reply to See https://sites.google.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hello Jojo. It's nice to see that you made a site about MU3.7 Evolution.
If the host gives you some space it would be nice to put direct download links to the most update build for Linux, Windows and Mac. I say so because when I'm not in my PC it's a pain to find your github page, the actions edge and then login to download.
In reply to Hello Jojo. It's nice to see… by fernandoamartin
Sorry, that's not my site.
In reply to Hello Jojo. It's nice to see… by fernandoamartin
It's not practical to put in direct download links since they change so frequently, (even daily.) I guess that I could update the site once a month but I don't know if it's worth the effort. You can at least use the site to find Jojo's MS3.7 repository and its artifacts on GtiHub easily. The whole install only takes a couple of minutes.
I have enough space to keep the artifacts on the site but maintaining them would be the same issue as above. If the process could be automated then it could become practical.
In reply to It's not practical to put in… by yonah_ag
I might be able to automate that, if I had the credentials (username, password and/or SSH-key) for that site .
Like once a day on the 'nightly builds', some 520MB (per upload, but I think I can overwrite/delete the prev ones)
In reply to I might be able to automate… by Jojo-Schmitz
Is it possible on Github to have a non-changing link to the latest build ?
For example:
/github.com/Jojo-Schmitz/MuseScore/actions/runs/latest
In reply to Is it possible on Github to… by rothers
I wouldn't know how
In reply to I might be able to automate… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's not that I don't trust you but that webpage is hosted on my personal Google account so I'd prefer to explore options under my control first - especially as it's so quick and easy to install 3.7 already.
In reply to It's not that I don't trust… by yonah_ag
Understood.
In reply to I might be able to automate… by Jojo-Schmitz
If you are willing to post the nightly builds in direct links regularly so could you create a basic site with direct links in a free web hosting service like the one we're talking about here?
In reply to See https://sites.google.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
3.7 is extremely useful. Thank you. And thanks also for the go-by in the link above. Invaluable.
In reply to See https://sites.google.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
I've now copied @yonah_ag's https://sites.google.com/view/musescore-3-evolution/ to https://github.com/Jojo-Schmitz/MuseScore/wiki/MuseScore-3-Evolution
As of today 3.7 also fully imports all style settings from Mu4 score (all that exist in Mu3 too or have a decent counterpart), special cudos to @workdwideweary to spot the bad bug of mine that prevented it from happening before.
In reply to See https://sites.google.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
Now moved to https://github.com/Jojo-Schmitz/MuseScore/wiki
In reply to Or use my MuseScore 3.7… by Jojo-Schmitz
MU Evolution is the most stable version ever. But there are two things from MU4 that I would like to make a request to implement in 3.7 if you can:
1 - Double click among empty lines of the staff enter edit mode. It's easier and faster than pressing N.
2 - The status bar at the bottom displays the playing time in minutes and seconds. In 3.x we have to press F11 to open a large play panel.
Do you think you can backport those two features?
In reply to MU Evolution is the most… by fernandoamartin
Anyway, can you point to the commits that added those ?
In reply to I wasn't even aware of such… by Jojo-Schmitz
1 - Double click in empty staff lines to enter edit mode is something you can try on MU4 and you'll see how it works and probably how to backport it.
2 - Comparing the 3 and 4 side by side now I understood what you said.. In MU4 the play panel is integrated with the buttons above. So what I imagined would be beside measures, beats and ticks have also h:mm:ss:x. But now I saw it's a different place from MU3 to MU4, then I don't know if it's straightforward to implement.
I'm finding this a fascinating thread.
I haven't dabbled with MuseScore 4 much yet: I pretty much had typeset all my back catalogue in 3. I've been considering creating copies of all those files, opening them in 4, letting its "vastly improved spacing and layout algorithms" do their magic, then saving those copies in a separate folder.
Although I appreciate some of the improvements in 4, I had gotten pretty comfortable with 3, and figure for new scores, I might still do the note-entry in 3, save a copy, then do the layout clean-up in 4.
I have to check out Jo-jo's 3.7, tho.
Thoughts?
In reply to I'm finding this a… by wfazekas1
If any of these missing features are not a deal breaker for you then give MS4 a try.
https://musescore.org/en/node/334701
Note that MS3.7 can load MS4 files.