Re: ETF conversion

[Aaron]

musicxml export has existed for quite some time in Finale.

There is a convertor out there alreay written in Python by Guido.

I am not sure it is up date. But I recall it works quite well

I don't have the url right now but when I do I will post it or send it
off list.

Aaron
On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 11:12, address@hidden wrote:
> I face a similar problem, except that I have to deal with a continuous
> flow of Finale files. It is not a one-time operation. I'm currently 
> considering
> writing a (or using an existing) MusicXML to LilyPond, and use Finale's
> export mechanism, rather than spend time on a truly proprietary format.
> 
> It is true that MusicXML export is available in Finale 2005, I'm not
> sure it applies to older versions.
> 
> Darius.
> 
> Quoting Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden>:
> 
> > address@hidden writes:
> > > I bought a copy of Finale about 7 years ago. Because I bought
> > > it, they gave me a license to download and read the documentation
> > > for ETF format, which I did. IIRC, you actually needed to put
> > > in a password on their web site in order to access the docs.
> > > I e-mailed them to ask if they thought it was legal for me to
> > > show the docs to other people, and they never replied. I don't
> > > remember whether there was a EULA.
> > > 
> > > I never intend to use Finale again, so if there's a lilypond
> > > developer who's interested in working more on the ETF-ly
> > > converter, I'd be happy to donate my copy of Finale, which
> > > would then presumably make it legal for that person to use
> > > the ETF docs. (Well, at least that's my interpretation under
> > > the doctrine of first sale in U.S. copyright law, but IANAL,
> > > and I guess most of the lilypond developers are in Europe.
> > > I also haven't looked carefully to see if they're claiming
> > > it's a trade secret or something.) The ETF documentation was
> > > actually quite complete and well written.
> > 
> > this would not perchance be the same as
> > 
> >   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen/lily-devel/etfspec.pdf
> > 
> > ?
> > 
> > -- 
> >  Han-Wen Nienhuys   |   address@hidden   |   http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen
> > 
> > 
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