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@Joseph-Hensley Welcome to the Magix user to user forums. First, it would seem from your screenshot that you are attempting to run 2 Video Deluxe installations at the same time, 1 for the Trial version and 1 for the non-Trial version. Is that the

SOUND FORGE

7 answers, most recent on 11/23/2025

RE: sound forge17 plug-in (ARA 64bit)

@Timbim There might be a workaround. Install the free Sound Forge Pro 18 trial and copy the audio_plugin_scan_server EXE files from the SF 18 directory to your SF 16 directory (make a backup of your files first!). This workaround already helped

Other products

12 answers, most recent on 11/25/2025

RE: HOW TO CONTACT SUPPORT VIA EMAIL OR PHONE PLEASE

@Barry-Wiseman Please remember these are user to user forums, not any contact for Magix staff so no-one who can help you is likely to see your post, sorry. Moderators are NOT Magix employees and we have no direct access to any staff member. Also,

Video Pro X

One answer, on 11/25/2025

RE: [Closed] Vegas 23

@jkerry211 Hi and welcome to the forum - albeit the wrong one. Vegas products, except for Magix Movie Studio 18 to 2025 versions, have their own forum, link is at the bottom of this page, I would suggest you post your question there There should

Movie Studio

One answer, on 12/8/2025

RE: [Closed] Movie Studio Platinum 13 activation fails after Windows reinstall (Err

@akira-hanai Hi and welcome to the forum - albeit the wrong one. Vegas products, except for Magix Movie Studio 18 to 2025 versions, have their own forum, link is at the bottom of this page, . See this post, if that does not help, I would suggest you

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: HEVC Codec Activation #

@Michael-Jordan5120 Hi From your image, it looks like you are using Vegas Pro. This is the forum for the Magix branded range of products. Vegas products, with the exception of Magix Movie Studio 18 and later versions, have their own forum, link is

Other products

6 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: URGENT: Cannot upgrade/crossgrade from ACID Pro to Vegas Pro 23 Studio

@Santana Welcome! These are user to user forums, not a contact for any member of the Magix team, sorry! So, no-one who posts here can help you! In addition, since your question is really more to do with Vegas Pro than any of the products covered in

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 11/22/2025

RE: Image playback freezes after a couple seconds

@Joshua-Pyle Hi and welcome to the forum. We need more information to help diagnose the issue(s) you are having: The specification of your computer system including Windows version and program version, see this topic for what is required and please

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 11/27/2025

RE: Cannot install Video Deluxe 2026

I have two (+1 follow-on) questions: 1. Is the Video Deluxe Premium 2026 Project-file format compatible with Movie Studio Ultimate 2024? 2. If I purchase a 'new' license for Video Deluxe Premium 2026, will I be able to continue using Movie Studio

Movie Studio

One answer, on 11/24/2025

Activation Code Error When Rendering Video

Hello, I am experiencing an issue with my MAGIX software. Whenever I try to render a video, I receive the following error message: “The activation code is incorrect. Please make sure it has been entered correctly or contact the MAGIX customer

SOUND FORGE

7 answers, most recent on 11/23/2025

RE: sound forge17 plug-in (ARA 64bit)

@Timbim There might be a workaround. Install the free Sound Forge Pro 18 trial and copy the audio_plugin_scan_server EXE files from the SF 18 directory to your SF 16 directory (make a backup of your files first!). This workaround already helped

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 11/22/2025

Image playback freezes after a couple seconds

I am using Movie Studio 2024 Platinum. Recently, the image of the video playback will freeze after a couple seconds. While playback isn't always the smoothest anyway, especially when there are many objects in the timeline playing at once, it's

SOUND FORGE

2 answers, most recent Yesterday

RE: Licenses for songs used from Sound Forge

@John-Couto What author? There are some bad actors who simply claim they are the rights holders. For example, they take the royalty free music and add their own vocals and upload it via a distribution service. Then other users, like you, get flagged

SOUND FORGE

No answers, created on 12/15/2025

Plugins shows a same generic control panel instead of a dedicated GUI

a new SF18 pro suite, built 21 installation.Windows 11, 32GB Ram.SF built in effects works perfectly.All other plugin effects are detected and listed correctly.The problem:When open any plugin effect, I get a generic single slide plugin window

Video Pro X

10 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Video Pro X 11 Crashes Every 5 Minutes

@johnebaker VPX 11 is old software and, due to its lack of modern GPU support and the PC not having an Intel CPU with integrated HD520 or better iGPU, should be considered obsolete with respect to modern GPU's such as the RTX 2060 which could lead

Video Pro X

9 answers, most recent on 12/10/2025

RE: I burn a disc , but it only burns 24 of 37 minutes each time. Unsure a

@JIM-MAXIM We need rather more detail about the disc if we are to have any chance of helping you, I think. First, what type of disc? I'm guessing you want to create a DVD containing the exported video of a project from VPX. Is that correct? (Which

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Video Deluxe 2026 Keeps Hanging

Thanks. I'm not technically au fait with the first part, but I glean from it that my system may not be man enough in terms of graphics... 😕 My PC was built for audio, to use in my home recording studio, so I didn't opt for a higher spec graphics

SOUND FORGE

10 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Error Code 24. Just bought and installed.

Does anyone know how to get a resposne from Magix technical support? I have now contacted them 5 times in the last 2 weeks, quoting the ticket code generated from my initial query. My initial query received an AI-generated response which was of no

Audio Cleaning Lab

6 answers, most recent on 11/24/2025

RE: Install Audio Cleaning Lab 2016 on new PC

@Alfred-Mller1083 You must not post serial keys to any Magix product to these public forums. To do so is to risk your software being stolen! Please start a new thread with full details of exactly which Magix software product you are seeking help

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 11/28/2025

RE: Hi I am new to Magix

@date-adventure Hi and welcome to the forum. There are many experienced users of the program here who can help with any issues you have or 'how to' questions.. See this topic in case of technical difficulties for what is required before posting.

Video Pro X

One answer, Yesterday

[Closed] Technical Issue – VEGAS Pro 16 not opening after Windows update

Hello I own a permanent license for VEGAS Pro 16 (VEGAS Pro 16.0). After a recent Windows update, the program no longer opens. It freezes at the “Creating windows…” loading bar and never progresses. System details: • Device: HP OMEN 15-ce0xx •

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 12/4/2025

RE: Not getting support only getting Ai

@cherba The Magix Support system seems, currently, to be almost non-existent, unfortunately. No-one seems to definitively know why but you will find a number of posts in these forums where users are stating a lack of response to emails and support

Movie Studio

11 answers, most recent on 12/4/2025

RE: Corrupted Audio

@MatthewEverett-Gates Hi I assume your system is set up as: C: drive is for Windows and installed programs, the mirrored drives are for data only, no programs are installed on the mirrored drives. We need more information about: The video file's

Rescue Your Videotapes!

20 answers, most recent on 11/23/2025

RE: Windows does not find drivers for the video grabber usb device

@Atte-Tahvanainen In what order did you first install the software and connect the USB Grabber? The standard practice (which I'm fairly sure this device needs) is that you install the software first and only connect the USB Device when the