MXL file: How to open? The best software for opening mxl files

MXL

Compressed MusicXML music notation file

File type: Audio and sound file

An mxl file extension is related to the Compressed MusicXML notation format used to store music notation. An mxl format is used by ENCORE!, Capella, MuseScore and others.

What is mxl file?

File type category:
Audio and sound file

Date updated: May 9, 2024

The mxl file extension is associated with music notation files, that are used Compressed MusicXML format.

Compressed MusicXML was developed by Recordare, and it is successor of MusicXML music notation file format. Because older MusicXML format is a plain text and MusicXML file can be very large, new Compressed MusicXML format uses zip compression algorithm for reduce size.

MusicXML format is used to distribute interactive sheet music online and share sheet music files with a musical applications.

MIME types:
application/vnd.recordare.musicxml

How to open mxl file?

Use MuseScore to open MXL Compressed MusicXML file.

How to convert mxl file?

MuseScore can saved *.mxl file to other music notation format.

Suggested software to open mxl file:

Associated software actions with the mxl file

Open

Software applications that can open mxl files:

MuseScore (Microsoft Windows)

Edit

Software applications that can edit mxl files:

MuseScore (Microsoft Windows)

Save

Software capable of saving mxl files:

MuseScore (Microsoft Windows)

Create

Software apps that create mxl files:

MuseScore (Microsoft Windows)

Import

Software apps that import mxl files:

Finale (Microsoft Windows)

Capella (Microsoft Windows)

ENCORE! (Microsoft Windows)

MuseScore (Microsoft Windows)

PrintMusic (Microsoft Windows)

Sibelius (Microsoft Windows)

Mozart (Microsoft Windows)

Personal Composer (Microsoft Windows)

LilyPond (Microsoft Windows)

ENCORE! for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Harmony Assistant (Multiplatform)

Musitek SmartScore (Multiplatform)

Export

Software apps that export mxl files:

ENCORE! (Microsoft Windows)

Mozart (Microsoft Windows)

PDFtoMusic (Microsoft Windows)

Audiversis (Microsoft Windows)

ScanScore (Microsoft Windows)

abc2xml (Microsoft Windows)

ENCORE! for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

SharpEye Music Reader (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Harmony Assistant (Multiplatform)

TuxGuitar (Multiplatform)

Musitek SmartScore (Multiplatform)

PackRat 5.0 support data

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: September 25, 2018

The mxl file extension is associated with PackRat 5.0, an information manager for Windows, developed by Polaris Software.

The program is discontinued and no longer supported although it seems it was fairly popular product.