Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:10 pm
Proposal
When opening a project, LMMS should be able to detect errors in project files without crashing or hanging. Upon detecting a corrupt MMPZ file, LMMS should report the bad file and -- after the user has acknowledged the problem -- open a new default project.
Background
I recently spent lots of time on this issue. LMMS crashed while saving a project file and, in the process, corrupted the MMPZ file it was saving. I had previously configured LMMS to automatically open the most recent project at startup, so whenever I subsequently tried to run LMMS, it would choke on the corrupt MMPZ file and hang. LMMS offered no clues about why it would not start normally.
When opening a project, LMMS should be able to detect errors in project files without crashing or hanging. Upon detecting a corrupt MMPZ file, LMMS should report the bad file and -- after the user has acknowledged the problem -- open a new default project.
Background
I recently spent lots of time on this issue. LMMS crashed while saving a project file and, in the process, corrupted the MMPZ file it was saving. I had previously configured LMMS to automatically open the most recent project at startup, so whenever I subsequently tried to run LMMS, it would choke on the corrupt MMPZ file and hang. LMMS offered no clues about why it would not start normally.