MU4: Opening MU3 scores including parts with all formatting from MU3

[Rabadman]

Your idea

Importing scores including existing parts from MuseScore 3 and older into Musescore 4
Many existing parts from Musescore 3 and older currently have to be recreated in Musescore 4.

Problem to be solved

Easier to switch from Musescore 3 to Musescore 4

Prior art

No response

Additional context

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[Jojo-Schmitz]

Any sample score that shows this?

If there is, this wouldn't be a feature request, but a bug report

[Rabadman]

Hello Jojo,

glad to hear from you :-)

I thought that the import of parts from MU3 files is deliberately not yet included in MU 4. Hence my request as a future feature.
Enclosed is the shortened score from MU3.
The screenshot opened once with MU3 and once with MU4. In MU4 no parts are displayed.

Nie mehr ohne di sein.zip

[Jojo-Schmitz]

Yes, they are not displayed/opened by default (and having them shown by default indeed would be a feature request, and one I'd support), but are still available under the Parts ("Auszüge") button:

Nie mehr ohne di sein-4-3-1.zip

[Rabadman]

That's right, the part excerpts can of course be displayed again in MU4.
But what an effort that would be with the many existing scores from MU3...

Now that MU3 is no longer being developed further, it would be desirable if the parts from MU3 files were also displayed in the tabs in MU4. For this and other reasons, I personally continue to work with your version 3.7

[Jojo-Schmitz]

So the feature request is: on importing Mu3 and Mu2 scores (Mu1 didn't have parts), open the parts that were open in those previous versions (but only those parts), and of course along with all their formatting.

(BTW: this alone should not be a reason to not switch to Mu4, it certainly isn't for me, it at best might be be the straw that breaks the camel's back)

Better clarify the issue title.

[cbjeukendrup]

Does #30685 solve this? (See How to download test builds from pull requests)

[Jojo-Schmitz]

I like it!

[Jojo-Schmitz]

Possible addition: In the Export dialog have an extra "Select all open parts" between "Select all" and "Clear selection".
And/or mark those bold (like done for the "Main score"), so you find them easier.
But that probably is a separate issue