Project file doesn't open

[supraman]

i’ve been working on a project for a while now and when i try to open it it doesn’t work
the log says
[Debug ] MltXmlChecker::check end “Se esperaba etiqueta de inicio.” (i have shotcut in spanish)
basically something about a start card being expected and supposedly not appearing or something like that
i tried updating shotcut and reopening it in case it was an issue from an older version to no avail
please help
attached is the project file
windows.mlt (201.9 KB)

[shotcut]

This file is corrupt. You can read more about it in the following reply to a post in FAQ

"Failed to open" error message after updating

This file is corrupt and it has nothing to do with the upgrade. The only way to recover is if you have a backup. You can read more about it by searching here on “NUL” or the web in general on “windows file null character” to find something like this. As far as we can tell this is not due to a bug in Shotcut but something in the way Windows does caching or hardware. Shotcut first writes a temporary file, verifies it valid XML, and then renames it to the name you provided.

[Elusien]

I know it doesn’t help with your current problem, but please read this post for the future:

How not to lose project files and data - Best Practices

From time to time we get queries on the forum like: My project file has somehow become corrupted, what can I do? Shotcut just crashed and my project is now screwed up, what can I do? etc… Depending on the state of the project file (XXX.mlt) you may be able to recover it by editing that file. It is after all just a text (XML) file. Before even attempting to do this always make a copy of the file in case you trash it completely while editing. If you cannot recover the project file then the nex…