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Mu4 corrupts a Mu1 score
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corruption
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regression MS3
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Description
Issue type
File corruption
Bug description
Opening a MuseScore 1.3 score on a 4.0.2 pre-release, after saving closing, reopening reports a corruption
Steps to reproduce
- Open the MuseScore 1.3 score from https://musescore.org/sites/musescore.org/files/2023-03/Skruszonym%20sercem%20-%20%C5%81ukasz%20Czerwin%CC%81ski%20ge%CC%A8ste.mscz
- Save
- Close
- Open that new Mu4 score
- See the corruption report
Workaround:
- Open the same 1.3 file with MuseScore 3.6.2
- Save
- Close
- Reopen
- No corruption reported
- Open the Mu3 score in Mu4
- Save
- Close
- Open that new Mu4 score
- Still no corruption reported
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MuseScore Version
4.0.2-230601206
Regression
Yes, this used to work in Musescore 3.x and now is broken
Operating system
Windows 11
Additional context
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