Corrupt Project! encountered string containing NUL bytes

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Marc_Seizmic
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Corrupt Project! encountered string containing NUL bytes

Post by Marc_Seizmic » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:31 pm

Hi There

I would really really appreciate some help from you guys if possible.

I have created a piece in Ableton Live 7 for my University Module due in very very soon!
However when i was working on the project my pc crashed and since then i am unable to re-open the project..

Im proper gutted as loads of work has gone into it and its due in very soon.. Is there anyway i can repair the corrupt file?? It would be massivly appreciated if anyone can assist me please..

I get the error:

The Documnet: XXXXXXX.als is corrupt
[Encountered string containing NUL bytes]

cutloose
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Re: Corrupt Project! encountered string containing NUL bytes

Post by cutloose » Sat Mar 27, 2010 5:43 am

I have encounted the same problem and yes a very important Production seminare is in 1 week.

What did you do to correct this problem???

CUTLOOSE

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Re: Corrupt Project! encountered string containing NUL bytes

Post by dum » Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:26 am

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Pasha wrote:Thanks dum for being so precise.

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Re: Corrupt Project! encountered string containing NUL bytes

Post by timothyallan » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:35 am

This thread has to be nominated for some sort of award, two first posters and dum strikes again.


Seriously though, I'd send the als to Ableton and use one of your backup files for now. It's not something you can fix.

Dennis DeSantis
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Re: Corrupt Project! encountered string containing NUL bytes

Post by Dennis DeSantis » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:36 pm

Please contact support, with a copy of the Set.

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Dennis DeSantis
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