NAME

       mscore - MuseScore sheet music editor.

       MuseScore  is  a  free and open source WYSIWYG typesetting program for musical scores, released under the
       GNU General Public Licence.

SYNOPSIS

       mscore [options] [filename(s)]

       MuseScore or musescore is set as an alias for mscore on some systems.

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents command line useage of mscore. See also:

           <https://musescore.org/handbook/command-line-options-0>

       For help with the full MuseScore program see the Online Handbook:

           <https://musescore.org/handbook>

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below. Running  mscore  without  options  launches  the  full  MuseScore
       program and opens any specified file(s).

       -v     Displays  MuseScore's current version and revision number in the command line without starting the
              graphical interface.

       -d     Starts MuseScore in debug mode.

       -L     Starts MuseScore in layout debug mode.

       -s     Disables the integrated software synthesizer.

       -m     Disables MIDI input.

       -a <driver>
              Use audio driver: jack, alsa, pulse, portaudio.

       -n     Starts with the new score wizard regardless of preference setting for start mode.

       -I     Displays all MIDI input on the console.

       -O     Displays all MIDI output on the console.

       -o <filename>
              Exports the currently opened file to the specified  <filename>.  The  file  type  depends  on  the
              filename  extension.  This  option  switches  to  the  "converter"  mode  and avoids any graphical
              interface. You can also add a filename before the -o if you want to import and export  files  from
              the command line. For example mscore "My Score.mscz" -o "My Score.pdf".

       -r <dpi>
              Determines  the  output  resolution  for  the  output  to "*.png" files in the converter mode. The
              default resolution is 300 dpi.

       -T <margin>
              Trims exported PNG and SVG images to remove surrounding whitespace around the score. The specified
              number of pixels of whitespace will be added as a margin; use 0 for a tightly cropped  image.  For
              SVG, this option works only with single-page scores.

       -x <factor>
              Scales  the  score  display  and  other  GUI  elements  by the specified factor, for use with high
              resolution displays.

       -S <style>
              Loads a style file; useful when you convert with the -o option.

       -p <name>
              Execute the named plugin.

       -F     Use only the standard built-in presets or "factory-settings" and delete preferences.

       -R     Use only the standard built-in presets or "factory-settings", but do not delete preferences.

       -i     Load icons from the file system. Useful if you want to edit the MuseScore icons  and  preview  the
              changes.

       -e     Enable experimental features.

       -c <pathname>
              Set config path.

       -t     Enable Test Mode.

       -M <file>
              Specify MIDI import operations file.

       -w     No web view in Start Center.

AUTHOR

       MuseScore  was  written  by  Werner Schweer and others. If you find any bugs in the latest version please
       report them via the Issue Tracker:

           <https://musescore.org/project/issues>

       This manual page is maintained by the MuseScore development team. Please report mistakes  via  the  Issue
       Tracker.

https://musescore.org/                            4th June 2015                                        MSCORE(1)