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Operating system: Windows 11 ProDevice: Magix Video Saver! 2022 (8546KA1)When I digitize old VHS cassettes. The quality is poor. Espesially in blue sky there is lines (see screenshot).When I watch same cassette with same VHS recorder from TV there

SOUND FORGE

9 answers, most recent on 6/4/2026

RE: Is this the end of Sound Forge?

I upgraded to 13, 14, 16 and then stopped. The same bugs. No fixes.. wasted money upgrading.I now use Sound Forge 11 and Acoustica by Acon Digital. Acoustica is super fast at loading and SF11 is more stable than any of the versions Magix released.I

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

RE: Sound Forge alternatives

When I posed my question to ChatGPT, it recommended 1) Steinberg Wavelab Pro, Adobe Audition, and Acon Digital Acoustica Premium . For client work its important to me that its a robust application that's professional, popular (not going to go away)

Audio Cleaning Lab

7 answers, most recent on 5/5/2026

RE: Dolby Noise Reduction system

I have the old Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 2005, so old that I have to have the install disc in the drive while using it, or it won't operate.For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get to the Dolby B-C function. I have an old cassette dub that I

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 3/28/2026

RE: How to export MP3s & MP4 with 320kbs audio bitrate??

@Apollo89x Hi To add to @AAProds comment: . . . . MP3 in MP4 is not common . . . . MP4 is not a video format it is a container file format which can contain various video and audio encoding formats. Assuming you are exporting to h.264/AVC the

ACID

7 answers, most recent on 4/1/2026

remotely support me sort out acid 11 issues

Since upgrading from7 to 11 I've have had nothing but issues. From acid has stopped working messages, (50% of the time) to strange audio corruptions like digital distortions. Ive taken all VST out of projects as some forums suggest but still no

Movie Studio

One answer, on 2/9/2026

RE: Voice Clone & Text to Voice

@Iris-Willis Hi Voice cloning is not a feature that is present in the Text to Speech function, nor can you add your voice to the options available, which are provided by an external 3rd party add-on. If you are wanting to provide narration for your

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 3/23/2026

What alternatives to Sound Forge exist?

SF in Audio Studio version is a very convenient and functional editing and mastering program. With useful tools, good and accurate visualization. But it does not always work correctly with VST-plugins.Audacity is even worse for working with plugins,

Other products

One answer, on 5/12/2026

[Closed] Vegas Pro 16 & 20 continually malfunction in so many ways

I have been having global problems using Vegas Pro for years. This is both with Windows 10 and 11. It is with both Vegas Pro 16 and 20. I have reinstalled these so many times. It is both with my desktop and laptop computers which have good specs. I

Off topic

158 answers, most recent on 5/23/2026

RE: Magix support has not responded to support tickets for months

@Gr8fuldan Hi . . . . everyone keeps saying to log into your account. . . . thus I forgot my password. I put in for a change of password under forgot password and got no email back. . . . . You wouldn't, the email is sent to the old address with

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 6/7/2026

RE: MAGIX Video deluxe 2026 Premium - My first voice over is the pits

@spuddy13 Hi Brian How long a narration are you wanting to do? My method, for when I do add a voice-over (rare) is to complete the video editing so I have the final result for the video part. If I want a 'free wheeling' narration, I watch the video

Off topic

158 answers, most recent on 5/23/2026

RE: Magix support has not responded to support tickets for months

@Gr8fuldan Hi . . . . everyone keeps saying to log into your account. . . . thus I forgot my password. I put in for a change of password under forgot password and got no email back. . . . . You wouldn't, the email is sent to the old address with

Movie Edit Now

5 answers, most recent on 3/28/2026

Video Deluxe 2026 Premium - Activating the AC3 5.1 Codec and Other Opt

Hello, some time ago I purchased this program, but it doesn't allow me to export Dolby Digital 5.1 audio from 6 independent WAV files. There simply isn't an option to export a file with this track during export. I think I need to activate it

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

RE: Sound Forge Audio Studio works incorrect with VST3 plugins

I tested SFAS 17 with plugin scan files taken from Music Maker 2026. Yes, the program recognized all plugins, but not all of them agreed to work correctly. If anyone is interested, I will now describe the results of my tests. The program acts

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 2/23/2026

RE: Incorrect frame rate on AVI output, incorrect display of frame

I carefully check the VirtualDub output as to the number of frames and the frame rate. I am now using VD2. The number of frames matches the original when changing the AVI. As to using another losless compressed formats, there are none others that

Off topic

158 answers, most recent on 5/23/2026

RE: Magix support has not responded to support tickets for months

@Gr8fuldan Hi . . . . everyone keeps saying to log into your account. . . . thus I forgot my password. I put in for a change of password under forgot password and got no email back. . . . . You wouldn't, the email is sent to the old address with

SOUND FORGE

31 answers, most recent on 4/17/2026

RE: Sound Forge alternatives

@David-Rees Magix support was usually good until they were sold to new owners at the beginning of 2025. In summer 2025 they introduced their AI bot customer support and over the last three months they basically stopped answering support tickets.

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 2/23/2026

RE: Incorrect frame rate on AVI output, incorrect display of frame

@clement5 Hi AFAIK the difference in the number of frames is a result of where the video clip start/end boundarys are edited to in relation to the dropping frames sequence which is a result of converting from 24 fps. Converting 24fps to 23.97 fps,

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 Edit Now

5 answers, most recent on 3/28/2026

RE: Video Deluxe 2026 Premium - Activating the AC3 5.1 Codec and Other Opt

@sicreetservis1410 Hi . . . . doesn't allow me to export Dolby Digital 5.1 audio . . . . In addition to @CubeAce comment re using Windows Media (WMV) file format, the AVCHD file export also supports surround sound, when VDL is set up correctly in

Video Pro X

9 answers, most recent on 1/20/2026

RE: No output option at 100fps for 4k-100fps video

@tom_frank Hi In addition to Marc's comment, VPX 17 maximum framerates for 4K UHD (3840*2160) export is 60 fps for h.264/AVC , h.265/HEVC and AV1 (AV one). Note: A graphics card with a video decoding/encoding module that supports decoding/encoding

Video Pro X

9 answers, most recent on 1/20/2026

RE: No output option at 100fps for 4k-100fps video

Thanks for that info. I'll have to see if that WMV file can be re-compiled back to an .mp4 clip at 100 fps with AVC or HEVC codec with a different video editor without much loss of detail of a 4K video. But I have to wonder why VPX is not setup to