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I am running Win 11. I got the same error when trying to use Movie Studio 17.0 Platinum after a long period of not using it. Yes, this is an old program, but years ago it did what I wanted. Anyway, maybe my experience is similar for anyone

Movie Studio

One answer, on 9/3/2025

[Closed] MTS video files - no audio in MOVIESTUDIO 16

Hi there, I am wondering if someone can help me, it's hopefully an easy and straightforward enough fix. I have a lot of mts files from my CANON camcorder that I am wanting to edit in moviestudio 16 with and I have the video files playing perfectly

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 8/20/2025

RE: Unable to install proDAD VitaScene V5 PRO in Video Deluxe 2026 Premium

@Bernardo-Sala Hi . . . . I get an error but it keeps installing . . . . Did you change the location where the effect is installed, it should be in the folderC:\Program Files\proDAD\Vitascene-5.0 ? If not then close the video editor, uninstall

SOUND FORGE

38 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

RE: MP3 conversion glitches

The lengths vary, Rick. They could be as little as a few seconds (opening credits) to just over an hour (a long chapter). I exported the recorded audio as WAV from REAPER (been doing that for years and nothing's changed on that end) and then edited

SOUND FORGE

13 answers, most recent on 8/8/2025

RE: Can't register SF-7b even with the key

Thanks for the continued help. The program installs just fine, and it's under a Sony folder in C: Everything normal there. The program opens normally and functions, except that I keep getting the "26 days left" message. It started with 30 days, and

Movie Studio

48 answers, most recent on 9/29/2025

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

@johnebaker @ericlnz @AAProds If I use the MainConcept encoder, I am able to change from 1080i to 1080p, and then it says it is planning to smart render all of the files, but when I actually start the process it immediately fails. When

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

RE: Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files

@Dave_W Don't edit MP3 files. Always convert them to WAV first or enable in the Sound Forge program preferences to proxy compressed file formats. MP3 is used as an end consumer format for playback. My guess is, that editing MP3 files in modern

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

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

@Can-Dive Hi Can-Dive @AAProds made the observation that this extension, M4V, is the default for Handbrake . . . . This is easly changed in the programs Tools, Preferences, Output files option: A common pitfall with any video editting, is straying

Movie Studio

26 answers, most recent on 6/8/2026

RE: Message: Could not find a part of the program. Please install again.

@James-Hoare Hi . . . . Could not find a part of the program. Please install the program again . . . . This suggests to me you are referring to Vegas Pro or Vegas Movie Studio, is this correct? If so you are in the wrong forum, the Vegas product

Music Maker

7 answers, most recent on 9/28/2025

RE: MM2026 34.0.0.6 VST instruments causing severe audio problems

@Leonard-Pennock I believe this link should give you the installer for Music Maker 2024 (version 32): http://dl03.magix.net/musicmaker.exe If this older version runs perfectly fine, the problem is caused by the newest version of Music Maker. If both

SOUND FORGE

29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install

After years of using the same original install, Sound Forge 11 suddenly started crashing on launch. I contacted support, and the only suggestion I received was to fully uninstall and reinstall the software. I followed those instructions, but after a

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 7/3/2025

RE: 2nd try AI Media Management in Video Deluxe

I'm a new user - installed the software about 10 days ago and I agree with your #1 comment about the AI classifications being inaccurate. I have 2 things I'm struggling with as well. 1. when the classification completes (it takes DAYS for that to

Audio Cleaning Lab

11 answers, most recent on 2/24/2026

RE: Need 2 files from Audio Cleaning Lab 10 cd distribution

I started a 30 day trial of ACL 4. Ok it is organized to look like the familiar ACL, but does not have a feature I used a lot namely DirectX plugins. I could add a sharp high Q filter to get rid of one hum frequency, listen to it, then go on to

Movie Studio

One answer, on 12/25/2025

RE: [Video Delxue 2026 premium] always crashes during export

@FIA2008 Hi The export crashing for different formats would suggest there is an issue with a video/image object or an effect/transition applied. If the export crashes at the same movie time, if you did not note this then export again and watch the

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

RE: Inserting a clip on the timeline

Hi Johnebaker, Gid and Bol, I am sorry that my header was not clear enough, indeed I intended an insert of an object somewhere within an existing multi-object timeline, automatically shifting all the righthand objects to the right. (Shuffle

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 6/28/2025

RE: placing clips on timeline by date

@Greg123 Hi What is the drone file naming format? If it is a DJI drone and the naming convention is the same as other DJI cameras, eg DJI_20250427112146_0001_D.MP4 the highlighted portion is the date and time, ie year month date hrs min sec , ie

Movie Studio

47 answers, most recent on 8/24/2025

RE: "Takes" functionality

Hi @Pete-Lowland, I'm an ex-Pinnacle Studio user as well. Using MMS2024 (before they changed the name back to "VDL") I confirm your findings. It doesn't look like you can trim a Take. I also have VPX16. VPX is a lot more like Pinnacle in that it has

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 2/5/2026

RE: Repeated glitch in burned disc

@k9vet Thanks for the additional information. Two suggestions to help to diagnose the problem: The Burn process will first create a folder of files on your hard drive. What is the size of the contents of that folder? The actual maximum that an

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 7/20/2025

RE: Playback Stutter MEP 2016 Plus

@CarpentersMate Hi Mike. This may not be a widespread user problem but from my own experience once this type of thing creeps into a project it is impossible to rectify. I don't know the cause and can't find a cure and I have tried everything.. Even

Movie Studio

22 answers, most recent on 10/11/2025

RE: Serial Number Problem with Video Deluxe2026 Trial

@GeeGee Hi Depending on the video files you are editing and the format you want to export to burn disc, VDL 2026 performance may struggle with video with a resolution of FullHD 1920 x 1080 or greater. due to all processing including

Other products

One answer, on 6/12/2025

How do I change categories in Independence?

Dear Anyone. So I've got Independence 2 loaded and I'm in the Browser window, with all the categories listed, because I've only just opened it. I decide I want an arpeggiator, so I click on the category and get a list of all the arpeggiators. And

Movie Studio

One answer, on 5/26/2026

Mixdown showing hardware acceleration deactivated in Movie Studio 2024

Hello,at first i wanna say i did see - https://www.magix.info/us/forum/hardware-encoding-for-mpeg-4-export-stopped-working--1329535/Tried solutions from it but nothing helps.1. switch cpu/gpu encoding2. reinstall3. remove magix folders from

Web Designer

34 answers, most recent on 8/1/2025

RE: Publishing to OVH Cloud

Hi John, Thanks for your patience on this. I really appreciate your help. I have moved the website files into the folder www. I can't see how to post a picture of the file structure into this comment so I'll try to list it below 'Home' with

Movie Studio

48 answers, most recent on 9/29/2025

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

@ericlnz The image isn't changed. The two fields are the same. It's just that they aren't taken from two periods in time but are from the same time. When read as an interlaced file (instead of progressive) the top field is used to create a full