Project file doesn't open

[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…