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Old 11-25-2017, 07:45 AM   #1
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Default Support of compressed MusicXML files .mxl

Yes I know I can use a zip tool to extract the embedded .xml file *, but of course it is more convenient if Reaper would just open the .mxl file.

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* a compressed MusicXML file is just a zip archive which contains a plain MusicXML file.
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Old 12-03-2017, 02:25 PM   #2
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I see, to make file size smaller, as xml has lots of weight for all those tags.
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Old 12-04-2017, 03:40 AM   #3
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I see, to make file size smaller, as xml has lots of weight for all those tags.
Correct. Many of todays file formats are compressed XML-files, eg MS office documents. XML compresses very well as repeatedly use tags are optimized to take only a few bit.

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Old 01-31-2018, 07:36 AM   #4
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wait, how do you extract the xml?
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Old 02-02-2018, 12:49 PM   #5
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wait, how do you extract the xml?
Simply open it with a an archive programe (eg 7-zip, etc). Or change the file extension from .mxl to .zip. Then Windows will open it without any troubles.

Inside the archive you'll find a folder named META-INF and an arbitrariliy .xml file. That is the one you need.

Note to Cockos: the format is simply a JAR-file (see http://www.musicxml.com/tutorial/com...d-file-format/).

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Old 02-03-2018, 10:01 AM   #6
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Cheers, seems so simple now that you lay it out
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Old 09-16-2018, 10:03 AM   #7
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Just tried loaded my first MusicXML file and the first problem I ran into is the lack of support for MXL files.

I don't know what language REAPER is written in; most coding languages today have built-in support for reading compressed files. In many cases, the change is as simple as adding a modifier when opening the file and adding the MXL suffix to the list accepted by the Insert Media File command.

The OP's suggestion was made almost a year ago. Maybe REAPER's programming language has no support for ZIP files. That would be the only reasonable excuse for not adding MXL support. OK, actually there are other possible reasons, such as not being really interested in supporting MusicXML except as a check-mark on the features list.
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