Old 10-02-2006, 12:21 PM   #1
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I posted about receiving a "parsing error" a while back when I was using a rather antiquated PC and running Windows 98. Now, that I've upgraded quite a bit and am running XP I hadn't had any "parsing errors" until last night. I had just installed Reaper upgrade 1.22 before it occurred. It reads as a "REAPER Error... There was an error parsing the specified project". It pops up when I try to load this particuliar project. Any ideas? I've been backing stuff up pretty diligently, but let my guard down and really want to salvage this project. Maybe it's payback for not yet paying for Reaper (which I intend to do if it looks like it's got some staying power... so far, so good). Thanks!

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Old 10-02-2006, 01:28 PM   #2
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I posted about receiving a "parsing error" a while back when I was using a rather antiquated PC and running Windows 98. Now, that I've upgraded quite a bit and am running XP I hadn't had any "parsing errors" until last night. I had just installed Reaper upgrade 1.22 before it occurred. It reads as a "REAPER Error... There was an error parsing the specified project". It pops up when I try to load this particuliar project. Any ideas? I've been backing stuff up pretty diligently, but let my guard down and really want to salvage this project. Maybe it's payback for not yet paying for Reaper (which I intend to do if it looks like it's got some staying power... so far, so good). Thanks!

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What plugins are you using on that project?
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Old 10-02-2006, 02:58 PM   #3
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Next time you have a project that won't parse, post it here and I'll take a look..
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Old 10-02-2006, 06:10 PM   #4
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Thanks for the speedy replies, guys. I got the project working by opening the "BAK" file or whatever it is. Basically, I think it's some kind of backup file that gets saved simultaneous to the "regular" save. Found out about it after doing some Googling. Whatever it is it saved my project. I really have no clue about how you develop this kind of software, but creating some sort of back-up file as a clone to the "main one saved" seems to be a great idea! Keep up the good work.
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Old 04-20-2012, 05:07 PM   #5
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Hi all,

I was wondering could you offer help/advice on a file for which I'm receiving a "parsing error".

I've spent the day recording, saving regularly only to lose the file when my computer crashed.

I'd greatly appreciate any help you can offer on the attached files.

Thanks.
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File Type: rpp april 19th (2).RPP (145.3 KB, 636 views)
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Old 04-21-2012, 04:29 AM   #6
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Sorry johnryan those RPP files are filled with 'Nulls' so it ain't ever gonna fly.
Essentially those RPP files are trashed.
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Old 04-21-2012, 12:24 PM   #7
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Worth a shot

Thank you for taking a look; I appreciate it.

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Just wanted to chime in and say this ancient thread saved my bacon today. Yay for backup projects!
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Old 09-22-2014, 11:32 AM   #9
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Me too, guys. .bak is where it's at!
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Old 01-01-2015, 01:13 PM   #10
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Hello there. I'm also getting a parsing error, but it happens with both the main file and the backup file. There is a reasonable file size, so I don't think it's corrupt, but I could very well be wrong. I'd appreciate if someone could look into this.
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Old 04-23-2015, 08:24 AM   #11
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Hey, I'm having a parsing error for a track I recorded a while ago. Please help, I would really love to not have to re record this entire thing. Please help if you can!
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Old 04-23-2015, 08:42 AM   #12
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Hey, I'm having a parsing error for a track I recorded a while ago. Please help, I would really love to not have to re record this entire thing. Please help if you can!
Sorry, the project file is lost. It only contains null characters, so nothing can be got out of it anymore. Your recorded audio files should still exist though, but you will need to build the project from scratch and place the existing audio files on it.

This looks like a serious bug in Reaper! What could make it write only null characters into the project file...?
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This looks like a serious bug in Reaper!
Or disk corruption? Or maybe virus/etc?
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Or disk corruption? Or maybe virus/etc?
Hmm, true...
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Old 09-06-2016, 10:19 PM   #15
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Thanks! I got the same problem and opened the .bak and solved it. Now i will **** ******* ****** **** for it, so i can cheer me up and make some sacrifices to God. Cheers!

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I got this message tonight. So how do i open the project using the backup files?
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Old 07-23-2017, 11:53 AM   #17
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I just stepped into and out of depression :-P. I got the "parsing error" too and I was almost certain that many days of work where just lost until I found this thread. This "bak" file saved the day. Got me up and running in no time. You will find it in the same directory as of the correspondent corrupted rpp file. Many thanks to whoever is responsible for this and everybody here that shared this information. ;-)
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Hello,
I worked on the same project at home / at my job carrying an external hd, and somehow, I can't open it anymore
Same thing for the bak file
Can you check if you can do something about it ?
thanks a lot !
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Old 09-21-2022, 03:35 PM   #19
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This old thread just saved a major project for me!
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Old 03-28-2023, 08:46 PM   #20
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Next time you have a project that won't parse, post it here and I'll take a look..
Hello !!
That error also appears to me but in my case it is almost constant and it is in several sessions ...... that is to say, that after a while of saving the sessions the file is damaged, this error appearing constantly, and it is not only , it hurts the configurations already made
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I posted about receiving a "parsing error" a while back when I was using a rather antiquated PC and running Windows 98. Now, that I've upgraded quite a bit and am running XP I hadn't had any "parsing errors" until last night. I had just installed Reaper upgrade 1.22 before it occurred. It reads as a "REAPER Error... There was an error parsing the specified project". It pops up when I try to load this particuliar project. Any ideas? I've been backing stuff up pretty diligently, but let my guard down and really want to salvage this project. Maybe it's payback for not yet paying for Reaper (which I intend to do if it looks like it's got some staying power... so far, so good). Thanks!

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A mi tambien me sale ese error pero ya es de una manera constante casi en todos los proyectos que guardo, me toca estar acudiendo a las backup siempre y asi que pereza. te agrdezco si me puedes ayudar si resolviste el problema
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That error also appears to me but in my case it is almost constant and it is in several sessions ...... that is to say, that after a while of saving the sessions the file is damaged, this error appearing constantly, and it is not only , it hurts the configurations already made

As Justin pointed out, can you post an affected project-file?
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