Error Message - A problem occurred while loading the preview file

[dblack]

Tonight I started getting the message below when launching S5 Sequencer. I uninstalled and reinstalled and still getting this message. Any ideas?

 

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Light-O-Rama S5 Sequencer
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One or more problems occurred during startup:

A problem occurred while loading the Preview File:

'.', hexadecimal value 0x00, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 1.
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[MattBrown]

Sounds like the file may have been corrupted. Try opening your sequence file in Windows Notepad. It should start with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sequence 

If it doesn't, there is a backup file -- the file name ends with .loredit.bak. For example, if your sequence is called "song1.loredit", there should be a "song1.loredit.bak" in the same folder. Rename "song1.loredit.bak" to "song1-backup.loredit". Windows will ask if you intended to change the file extension - say Yes. Now try opening "song1-backup.loredit" in the Sequencer.

 

[dblack]

On 1/16/2023 at 4:58 PM, MattBrown said:

Sounds like the file may have been corrupted. Try opening your sequence file in Windows Notepad. It should start with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<sequence 

If it doesn't, there is a backup file -- the file name ends with .loredit.bak. For example, if your sequence is called "song1.loredit", there should be a "song1.loredit.bak" in the same folder. Rename "song1.loredit.bak" to "song1-backup.loredit". Windows will ask if you intended to change the file extension - say Yes. Now try opening "song1-backup.loredit" in the Sequencer.

 

Thank you. Everything seems to be working now.