Projects dont open anymore

[Zone13]

Some projects dont open.

I have two projects (by far my best on the play+) that dont open. The progressbar just stands where it is. Sometimes the play crashs if i open them. The projects are quite big with many patterns but that shouldn be a problem.

This big appeard after i had used the play with another project together with ableton. I tried everything disconect from PC etc but the projects dont open. I did not messed arround with samples on the drive etc. Only difference the projects where exportet as Stems.

Is there something i can do to save these projects?

[borsuk]

@Zone13 Thank you for reaching out about this.
Would it be possible to attach or send (via wetransfer or google drive, etc.) one of these projects?
I will check if it’s possible to open it on my devices.

[miropoly]

@Zone13 I will just jump in quickly, most likely it seems it’s this issue: Freeze whilst loading sample packs, folders or files which exceed 32 char
Do your projects contain samples which have more than 32 characters? Thanks for reporting the issue!

[justin.worrall]

when you say “samples which have more than 32 characters?” - do you mean “sample filenames which have more than 32 characters” ?

[Zone13]

Yeah its that bug i have found some samples in the project file…renaming wont work i think?

[borsuk]

@justin.worrall @Zone13 Yup, the filenames that have more than 32 characters
And yes, renaming them on the SD card and loading them again should do the trick.
EDIT:
Mind, that editing the Samples names in the Project folder may influence it. The Play may not recognize them anymore. So I would do a backup before changing it.