How to open a file that shuts down Musescore?
Hello!
I am working on an orchestral score with many changes of time signatures in individual instruments (oboe to 12/8, clarinet to 4/4, etc). Musescore cannot really handle these changes and telling me from the very beginning that measures are corrupt and the whole file is an error. But one can say "save anyway" and "open anyway" and continue the work. This procedure worked for some time and I continued to create the score. But today when I tried to open the file, Musescore crashed and closed automatically. I tried again, same crash. I opened another file, that worked. And when Musescore is open with another file and I open the corrupted file, it does not open, but Musescore does not crash.
How can I get access to my file and continue my work?
Best, Tobias
| Attachment | Size |
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| Mann_Minneburg.mscz | 1.28 MB |
Comments
My MuseScore 3.7 Evolution opens it without crashing
In reply to My MuseScore 3.7 Evolution… by Jojo-Schmitz
I have 5.2 and it crashes, so seems to be an "improvement error" of the latest version. So hopefully 5.3 will open it, that I can complete the work.
In reply to I have 5.2 and it crashes,… by violinconcerto
No crash here with 4.5.2 when opening your file (but many corruption...so)
In reply to No crash here with 4.5.2. by cadiz1
weird, I have the same version and it always crashes...
In reply to weird, I have the same… by violinconcerto
Which OS?
In reply to . by cadiz1
Windows 11
In reply to I have 5.2 and it crashes,… by violinconcerto
There is no 5.2 and won't be a 5.3 for a long time
(and there will be no 4.5.3 either)
In reply to There is no 5.2 and won't be… by Jojo-Schmitz
sorry, I meant 4.5.2
In reply to sorry, I meant 4.5.2 by violinconcerto
For having a chance this to get fixed in 4.6.0, report it on GitHub, https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/new/choose (along with a ZIPed version of the score)
In reply to My MuseScore 3.7 Evolution… by Jojo-Schmitz
But if you save it with 3.7 and reopen it, it reports a lot of errors. The first ones are empty measures ...
In reply to But if you save it with 3.7… by HildeK
these are not errors, but different time signatures that Musescore don't handle correctly
In reply to these are not errors, but… by violinconcerto
Maybe, maybe not. Are you able to reproduce from scratch (ie with some measures in a new score) a scenario,or more, where "MuseScore don't handle correctly" different time signatures? If you can, the MuseScore team will be happy to fix this issue.
In reply to Maybe, maybe not. Are you… by cadiz1
here you are! I typed in some nasty time mixture. Input works fine, then I saved the file and received the message "corrupted measures". Do it yourself, if it "works" for you as well.
In reply to here you are! I typed in… by violinconcerto
What you call "nasty time mixture" refers to local time signatures. At the moment, inspired by your score, but only with 2 instruments and a few measures (6), I can't reproduce - image below. Can you?
In reply to Ce que vous appelez "nasty… by cadiz1
Always not with 3 instruments, 20 measures, and a really "weird" mixture of time signatures, see: 2Untitled score.mscz
How you do you change the time signatures in the different staves?
EDIT: and just one question. How do you get these duplicate time signatures?
By exporting and re-importing your score with the midi format, I recovered the readability of your file (I don't know how precisely). It was only necessary to delete bar 139 of the harp, and the irregular groups in several cases are not displayed correctly, but perhaps it is always better than rewriting everything from scratch. A word of advice: beyond the limitations of the program, when error messages appear, continuing to ignore them is not a good idea, and it is better to look for alternative solutions.