Parsing xml problem - composition failed to load

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SuperKlaus
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Parsing xml problem - composition failed to load

Post by SuperKlaus »

Hi to all Resolume's community !

I'm desparately trying to find a solution to allow my resolume avenue 4 (such old version, haha) to open my composition file.
I still have the same message : "XML parsing of composition "name of my compo" failed".

I already red most of the threads I could find on this forum about this topic. I noticed the xml code of my file has special characters mixed with the regular code lines, since I saved once on my external driver, and this is why my file one could'nt be opened by Resolume.

I tried to "clean" my xml on many softwares and online services. It's a nightmare : it's so hard to find the correct code lines between all this mess...

If someone could give a miracle tips to get over this, my life would be saved ! I'll be on stage in 3 days, and it's seem to me I could not use my composition for this. I would have no another choice than cancel it...

Thank you !!

Zoltán
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Re: Parsing xml problem - composition failed to load

Post by Zoltán »

If you want to go from v4 to v7, open the v4 composition in v6, save as new composition and open the new composition in v7 ;)
you can get v6 installers from the bottom of our http://resolume.com/download page.

If you get the error in v4 trying to open a v4 composition, then the composition file might be damaged.
It's xml, so if you open it in a text editor, it should be readable.
You can find the version it was saved with in the first few lines. If it's greater than your Resolume version, I wouldn't expect it to open.

The file should end with the line </Composition>
If it's not there, the composition was damaged. To fix it, find the last </Clip> tag, delete all lines after it, and add
</deck>
</decks>
</composition>
lines and save under a new name.
This should fix the broken composition, but expect to lose clips and decks.
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