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I just noticed that file size of a project was reduced dramatically from 8.09 to 8.1.1.
The project file was originally almost 272MB; and after saving in 8.1.1 it's down to 43MB.
Checking through briefly it seems that all is there (it's 170 tracks and over 2 hours, so can't say yet for sure ...

I just noticed that file size of a project was reduced dramatically from 8.09 to 8.1.1.
The project file was originally almost 272MB; and after saving in 8.1.1 it's down to 43MB.
Checking through briefly it seems that all is there (it's 170 tracks and over 2 hours, so can't say yet for sure)...Still ...

Does anyone know if the corruption of saved files (in 8.1) is resolved?
Had an older project that would not save properly in 8.1, and had to keep working with it 8.09. Saving it in 8.1 would damage the project in such a way that it would no longer open (error given: "The document [....] is corrupt ...

I have experienced a serious project corruption under Live 8.1, but not with the same error message. I suspect (in my case at least) that the problem is related to the "new file format" of 8.1.

Once the project was saved in 8.1, it could not be-reopened. This is quite a large project - about 150 ...