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emmrecs wrote on 8/12/2011, 3:58 AM

I have down loaded video files from the sd card of the camcorder to an external drive of my computer.  How do I now load those video files into MAGIX Movie Edit pro either in the story board or on time line?

What I would do is make sure that your external drive is "seen" and listed in MEP's Media Pool window (upper right corner in normal layout) - you may need to click the "folder" icon on the menu bar of THIS window which shows you ALL the drives etc. connected to your computer - then simply click on its icon or name to "open " that drive, go to where you have stored your video files and "drag and drop" them to the timeline or storyboard.

HTH.

Jeff

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Win 11 Pro 64 bit, Intel i7 14700, 32 GB RAM, NVidia RTX 4060 and Intel UHD770 Graphics, Audient EVO 16 audio interface, VPX, MEP, Music Maker, Vegas Pro, PhotoStory Deluxe, Xara 3D Maker 7, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

johnebaker wrote on 8/12/2011, 7:21 AM

Hi

In my experience editing from an external USB drive is a pain particularly if the video files are HD and in trying to play the timeline in MEP.

I always recommend a second internal hard drive to put your files on for editing as video editing is does put a high load on the hard drives containing the files, and the life expectancy of a the drives is reduced.  

I use external drives for backups only.

John

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 24H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

emmrecs wrote on 8/13/2011, 3:32 AM

Hi

In my experience editing from an external USB drive is a pain particularly if the video files are HD and in trying to play the timeline in MEP.

I always recommend a second internal hard drive to put your files on for editing as video editing is does put a high load on the hard drives containing the files, and the life expectancy of a the drives is reduced.  

I use external drives for backups only.

John

Hi John.

I have to say that, for me, storing HD (AVCHD 1440x1080) video files on an external USB drive has not given the problems that you have apparently had; VPX seems to "stream" and play those files pretty well!  The only "compromise" I have to make is that Playback resolution must be set to "half".

Jeff

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Win 11 Pro 64 bit, Intel i7 14700, 32 GB RAM, NVidia RTX 4060 and Intel UHD770 Graphics, Audient EVO 16 audio interface, VPX, MEP, Music Maker, Vegas Pro, PhotoStory Deluxe, Xara 3D Maker 7, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

johnebaker wrote on 8/13/2011, 3:37 AM

Hi Jeff

I should have said I playback at full screen resolution 1920 * 1080 AVCHD and with the preview monitor at full screen.

Cheers

John

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VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 24H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.