cannot read ... bad format after crash
I was trying to enter a double-bar after an extended rest and before a meter change. MuseScore kept entering the double-bar _before_ the extended rest. Tried adding rest and then adding double-bar, didn't help. Then on a whim hit "split measure." Big mistake---got weird result. Tried to reverse with control-Z and system crashed, wouldn't reopen, "bad format." Using Mac OSX 10.8.5, MuseScore 2.0.1, Revision b25f81d. AC Flute.mscz
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I can not open, have you tried:
https://musescore.org/en/node/52116 ?
It has become corrupted somehow. I edited it using "Bluefish" and found many strings within Volta blocks saying
[text]1.[/b][/text] or [text]2.[/b][/text]
i.e. and end-of-bold without an opening bold. Once I deleted them I got a file that opened and played and maybe you can salvage something from it if you need to but I can't tell you why it happened.
In reply to It has become corrupted by underquark
Thank you, underquark! Could you repost the file after you deleted the end-of-bold so I can continue to work on it? I'd be most appreciative. In the future I'll keep saving to a separate file as I'm working.
In reply to Thank you, underquark! Could by mochsmochs
That was the post-removal file posted. There was, however, a corrupt measure 1232 where there are missing as well as hidden rests in a second Voice and a septuplet in Voice 1. See if the attached is any better. I have turned off multi-bar rests and suggest that you correct the score (positioning of many of the elements such as 8va, tempo texts seems to be off) and then turn that back on at the end. I would also suggest that when creating a relatively long piece that you save each section as a separate file so that any corruption does not affect the whole score.
Simply clicking on the corrupted measure caused MS to crash . Even sneaking up on it from an earlier measure and using the arrow keys caused a crash. I corrected it by entering two new measures before and after, re-entering the notes manually in an earlier (new, blank) measure and then using [Shift] mouse-clicks to select a section and then [Ctrl][Del] to delete it.
In reply to That was the post-removal by underquark
underquark, I realized the next day that what you sent was indeed a corrected file. FWIW, what happened was that I had prepared the full score of an entire 1923 Yiddish operetta (3,000 measures, soloists, chorus, & 13 instrumental lines) in MuseScore 1 in 18 separate files. The work will be published, so I "improvised" some MuseScore elements just so they would look OK when printed out so the publisher can see how it should look. (They will convert the score to Finale, but that's their problem, not mine.) Then a small miracle occurred and the work will shortly be performed with orchestra, so I'm desperately trying to extract parts, a task that is much easier in MuseScore 2. So I'm now paying for all the "improvisations," and you kindly saved me a couple of hours' work. I've downloaded your new version of the flute part, though I was able to use your earlier version to finish the flute part and I'm now dealing with the other parts.
Just to repeat, I'm extremely grateful for your help and feel very fortunate that this comment line exists!
In reply to underquark, I realized the by mochsmochs
You're welcome. I enjoyed the challenge.
In reply to underquark, I realized the by mochsmochs
Always great to know that a full score made with MuseScore will be played in public! Good job!