Shortcut failed to open .xlm

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so ive been working on this project for about 2 days now i kept having issues with my camera turning off so i saved my project and restart my computer. when i tried to reopen the project now it wont open. ive read throuhg the fourms and tried to find out what the issue is. i opened the xlm in notepad and this is what i have,

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    <property name="mute_on_pause">0</property>
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    <property name="seekable">1</property>
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    <property name="xml">was here</property>
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(had to delete alot of it because of character limit)
i dont know what do do next or what to change to make the file open. i dont believe ive moved or renamed or deleted any of the files. if anyone can please help!

2

Why are you naming the file as .xlm? That is not supported in Shotcut. Project files should be named as .mlt. You need to upload the entire file as an attachment. You can simply drag the file into the reply window.

3

hello i’ve been battling with my mlt file not opening. i’ve been working hard on my project for the past 2 weeks but today it suddenly displayed a failed to open notification when i try to open the file. please help, this is starting to mess up with my head. i will attach the file below perhaps you can help me inspect it? i would really appreciate your help.
here’s the file: nospaces.mlt (303.1 KB)

4

hello i’ve been battling with my mlt file not opening. i’ve been working hard on my project for the past 2 weeks but today it suddenly displayed a failed to open notification when i try to open the file. please help, this is starting to mess up with my head. i will attach the file below perhaps you can help me inspect it? i would really appreciate your help.
here’s the file:nospaces.mlt (303.1 KB)

5

This file contains all NUL characters (303.KB of 0s). This has come up a number of times, which you can see here:
https://forum.shotcut.org/search?q=NUL

As far as we can tell, this is not a bug in Shotcut but possibly Windows, and if you search the web on similar, people report the problem with other applications as well. Basically, the only way to recover is from a backup. If you are not backing up, use this moment as a lesson to put an automated backup plan into place.

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