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Thank you SP, you were correct the premium version was needed, after another hour I am able to see the video on the computer screen. The new problem is that when I click on "transfer video to computer" the video freezes and nothing more happens.

Rescue Your Videotapes!

7 answers, most recent on 12/19/2025

RE: Lines in digitized VHS

@MovieEditorr Did you deinterlace the recorded footage? Analog video images are saved in lines and only contain half of the full video frame. Each frame switches back and forth between even- and odd numbered lines. So, if you didn't deinterlace the

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 11/13/2025

RE: custom shortcut keys

Thank you John I learned now that when using the shortcut key "R" in the edit page, the RECORDING SOURCE SELECTION interface open. I can open this page from within the edit page when I changed the "R" shortcut with the custom "M" shortcut as

Movie Studio

34 answers, most recent on 11/26/2025

RE: MP4 audio going out of sync

@AAProds Greeetings Al, No, I think is the most positive answer I can give 😃, my reasoning being that when the original video is imported does the Frame Table creation affect the audio which in some way which would then be exported as a Wav and

Other products

4 answers, most recent on 4/17/2024

magix Video saver freezes up when the analog input screen pops up.

When attempting to transfer an analog tape to digital format on my PC the input screen in Video Saver freezes, requiring a force close to exit the screen. The transfer process has been working well before running out of space on oneDrive. I have

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

RE: Unable to import MKV files into Video deluxe 2026 Plus, Windows 10

@Gra_Ham, here are my notes on cleaning. I completed the project in 2017. Initially I used a Sony cleaning tape which was good for digital recordings but as I subsequently learned, not so good for analog 8 mm or Hi8. This is probably due to digital

Movie Studio

48 answers, most recent on 9/29/2025

RE: Weird issue with using Smart Copy/Smart Render in MEP 2019 Premium

@jak.willis Hi Jak . . . . so the content itself was shot on tape. So all that’s happened is it has been scanned or upscaled to 1920x1080. So seeing as the content itself is not really HD, I am worried that any quality loss will in fact be

Other products

4 answers, most recent on 4/17/2024

RE: magix Video saver freezes up when the analog input screen pops up.

I have stopped sinking oneDrive and I do logon with the Microsoft account. However, the Video Saver import screen that allows converting analog to digital still freezes, requiring a force close to exit the screen.

Movie Studio

66 answers, most recent on 1/29/2025

RE: The output formats are messed up in Movie Studio 2024

@clement5, @AAProds Hi JohnC, Al . . . . Of course, the PAR has nothing to do with how it is to be displayed . . . . The PAR is important, it is calculated from the SAR and DAR by the player, or software, decoder to apply the correct amount of

Rescue Your Videotapes!

7 answers, most recent on 12/19/2025

RE: Lines in digitized VHS

@MovieEditorr HI The better quality from the second VCR, suggests the other one has either worn heads, and/or misalignment as I posted in my comment which has disappeared (!!). . . . . Maybe next model of MAGIX Video Saver should include signal

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

RE: Unable to import MKV files into Video deluxe 2026 Plus, Windows 10

@AAProds Thanks for your samples. I own a Sony TRV120E and have converted all my NTSC, PAL, 8mm and Hi8 tapes using it. Can I assume the capture with the GV-USB2 was to Magix MXV format? Watching your two video clips there is no noticeable

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

RE: Unable to import MKV files into Video deluxe 2026 Plus, Windows 10

cleaning head might be an idea, so long as no risk of damage. I have a bit under 60 hours of tape in total - does that count as a lot? @Gra_Ham, I'll look in my files. I remember I made notes to myself when I went through this whole process. I think

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 6/26/2023

RE: [Solved] Does Magix MEP2016 Allow Web Cam Capture?

@CarpentersMate Hi, Yes, but I have never had much success. The audio is always way out of sync with the video. Maybe others have had better success. Try it yourself. Just click on the red record button and select Analog. Then you have to select the

Video Pro X

175 answers, most recent on 5/27/2026

RE: Video Pro X16 - New Features and Bug Repairs

Anyone can create an analogy to fit whatever scenario they want. Why don't you edit right to left instead of left to right? There are languages that are read that way, so it must be the best way. I don't see painters working and painting under other

Video Pro X

62 answers, most recent on 5/15/2025

RE: Should I choose Video Pro X or Vegas Pro?

@ghijohansson Absolutely take your time. I empathise because I was exactly in your shoes last year. In the end I purchased all three programs! All three are excellent, targeted to different market segments. So, I'm not biased for or against any of

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 4/9/2024

RE: VHS captures, video "washed-out"

@RGBguy, @johnebaker, @AAProds, @CubeAce, @browj2, @Former user, Hi Everyone, I received my StarTech capture dongle and conducted a number of capture tests. The link below provides 2 comparison videos and a MMS2024 backup of my project for anyone

Movie Studio

20 answers, most recent on 1/13/2025

RE: Exporting to mp4 desyncs the sound...

@AAProds, @Richard-Merriman Hi . . . . Re variable frame rates, the video was in sync on the timeline. Why would it be out of sync after export? . . . . In a nutshell because you are taking a video clip whose framerate is varying, ie Variable frame

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

RE: Unable to import MKV files into Video deluxe 2026 Plus, Windows 10

@AAProds I tried you new file but it would not import as MKV or MP4. I'm using MMS2024 and VPX16. You must have something installed on your computer that allows you to import the file as an mp4. Your suggestion to @Gra_Ham to recapture his video's

Video Pro X

165 answers, most recent on 4/10/2025

RE: [Closed] Website Observation

@CubeAce @Reyfox @johnebaker @Gid @Betovalle I'm a little more optimistic about VPX. In terms of market segment, I see it sitting between MMS and Vegas Pro. Coming from Video Studio and Pinnacle studio, last year I purchased MMS2024, VPX16 and

Samplitude

5 answers, most recent on 1/25/2024

RE: [Closed] how do i connect Akai mpk261 to pro x?

Hi i am sorry it should read Samplitude Pro X8. Which is the daw not the video editor...i used magix studio for a long time but never used it with midi...i was always an analog into the daw guy, but i felt it was time to learn the midi side of

Rescue Your Videotapes!

4 answers, most recent on 12/26/2023

RE: issues with this program

@Stefan-Trngren The green picture artefacts don't look like analog video errors. If there is a weak signal on a video cassette due to demagnetized tape or dirty playback mechanisms or corroded connections the tape would show static noise. This looks

Rescue Your Videotapes!

8 answers, most recent on 3/13/2024

Increase recording quality?

Want to tranfer VHS to digital form. Will primarily use this to burn DVD, but will also want to have the option to use other formats in the future. So i want some "quality margin" when transfer analog to digital. In many posts in this forum that

Rescue Your Videotapes!

4 answers, most recent on 10/9/2023

RE: To transfer video tapes

@renroy-b You can transfer the videos digitally via FireWire (but this usually works only with old computers which have such a connection) or via an USB S-Video/Cinch-Videograbber which converts the analog video signal to a digital signal. Install

Movie Studio

66 answers, most recent on 1/29/2025

RE: The output formats are messed up in Movie Studio 2024

These are a continuation about ongoing problems for many years plus some bad ones as of the last update. 1. When exporting a standard NTSC video with frame rate 24000/1001the resulting AVI has rate 23976/1000 and does not line up on the timeline