• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 7/4/2025

  RE: MXMPEG2 Error 0110: no media decoder found
  @Steve-Summerlin, @AAProds Hi Al, I think you are referring to this topic. which, AFAIK, still holds without the aforementioned LAV codec install. I would suggest you try the Microsoft AV1 decoder, here, before using the portable version of the LAV
• Other products

  3 answers, most recent on 11/20/2025

  Can't load Independence samples
  The above screen recording shows how I have installed the Independence Pro library, am able to see the instruments in Independence, but cannot load the image files even when I navigate to them directly. I have added the library path within
• Music Maker

  9 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MUSIC MAKER 2026 ULTIMATE did NOT download only Premium did
    I had a lot of difficulty trying to get the loops unlimited, because it said I had multiple installations of Music Maker Premium 2026 on my computer.  I uninstalled it and then reinstalled it and that finally made it work.  I really appreciate
• Music Maker

  20 answers, most recent on 1/28/2026

  RE: Music Maker update 33.1.1.19
  You can view your currently installed version and trigger the download and installation for available updates in the start dialog of the software. My current version shows 32.1.0.18 on both the start screen and help > About. When I use "Update
• Movie Studio

  6 answers, most recent on 8/29/2025

  RE: transfert de Movie Studio Platinum 16 à Movie Studio 2025
  Hallo @Henorm, If I'm reading your thread correctly, you can simply install VMS16 under Windows11, but your "VF project files" won't work properly in VDL2025. You can only import your trimmed clips, as discussed in the article on this topic. Best
• Samplitude

  5 answers, most recent on 7/11/2025

  RE: Error installing ad-on pacakages
  @Phon Hi The issue you are having is with Windows, see this Microsoft article for the 1603 error. HTH John EBForum Moderator
• Video Pro X

  One answer, on 4/19/2026

  Activation confirmations
  Hello everybody and the MAGIX Software Team! I'm excited to start my new adventure with the newly installed Video Pro X as I had just upgraded from "MAGIX Video deluxe 2026 Premium". I'm afraid I have caused some confusion amongst the MAGIX Software
• Rescue Your Videotapes!

  7 answers, most recent on 12/2/2025

  RE: DRIVER DOWNLOAD
  @johnebaker @SP. @AAProds Many thanks for your assistance & your advice. I have attempted to download & install the driver updates as suggested but without any success. The closest I came to any success, in 2 cases, the driver started to
• Movie Studio

  31 answers, most recent on 4/16/2026

  RE: Video deluxe 2026
  @me_again Hi Andy . . . . So this raises a bigger question, how to bulk change the Registry (there appears to be 16+ entries) to read MS2025 not Photostory? . . . Curiousity could be my undoing. . . . I scanned my registry for the Photostory
• Music Maker

  20 answers, most recent on 4/5/2026

  RE: Music Maker 2026 Frozen at SetViews during startup
  @johnebaker @emmrecs @SP. Hi, Success! Well, almost. I installed the pending update, unplugged the M-Audio M-Track and restarted. Music Maker now loaded correctly. Plugging the M-Audio back in causes Music Maker to freeze. Exiting Music Maker with
• Movie Studio

  31 answers, most recent on 4/16/2026

  RE: Video deluxe 2026
  @AAProds Greetings Al, This LUT thing has raised it's head a few times over the years and versions (or so it seems) and each time i've been fired up to install them by following directions to the letter and each time I've failed miserably with
• Off topic

  5 answers, most recent on 6/3/2026

  RE: Is it worth continuing to invest in Magix Software
  Hi so in order to solve the infamous "Could not find part of the program" error I installed the VPX17 trial thanks to a tip from @johnbaker which solved the issue. SO I will invest in Magix for a while longer as learning Resolve, for me, is just a
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 6/28/2025

  RE: need to download music maker mx version 18
  @Lance-Troian Do your still have the CD? I don't think the downloader will still work. Activation might be possible if you select offline activation after installing the program and entering the serial number and computer ID into the activation
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 4/9/2026

  RE: Ozone elements says serial # wrong
  @Paul-Gaunt PS, I take it that as Magix no longer support their products, when I have to reformat and install my SF17 is dead as it needs Magix to register the serial and the same for Vegas, I imagine :( Magix will keep the license servers running.
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 4/9/2026

  RE: How to stop Magix trying to force me to install Travel Maps everytime?
  Travel Maps. I know people who use it, and those that don't. Me? I installed it to see what it could do, and since I do travel videos (like my South African editing friend), he too uses it. Takes up only 187MB on the disk. It seems that @CubeAce has
• Movie Studio

  12 answers, most recent on 9/15/2025

  RE: Does MovieEditPro Premium support LUT?
  Hi Rob, It is not so easy. As I wrote I can download MEP2021 version from my account on MagixServiceCenter. But please note - in a meantime (12months) I've upgraded this version to MEP2022 for free. So my latest version is (was?) MEP2022. Today I
• Video Pro X

  4 answers, most recent on 5/28/2026

  RE: Video Pro X17 stuck at "Initializing movie"
  Hello, thank you for your answer. I saved two window arrangements, same effect : the program hangs at "Initializing movie" when reopening. For the the record I have been using Video ProX since 2022 (X13, X16, then X17) I had zero issues until the
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

  RE: soundforge 17 error
  In that case, I would uninstall Sound Forge using a third-party uninstaller like 'Revo Uninstall' that can uninstall and remove left-over registry entries and other pertinent data the Windows uninstall leaves behind, which can cause issues to
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 3/24/2026

  Goodbye Sound Forge
  Like a lot of people here, I've been a lot time user and a fan of Sound Forge since version 4.5c, when was it still developed by the amazing Sonic Foundry. It (was) a brilliant editor. Easy to use, fast, reliable. Things got much worse after version
• ACID

  16 answers, most recent on 4/27/2026

  RE: ntdll.dll - ACID doesn’t start
  @Szymon-Barabach, what might help would be installing the latest V14 of Visual C++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version (X86 & X64) Hi,the same thing
• Photostory

  20 answers, most recent on 2/28/2026

  RE: Photostory 2026, "RC String 8875 not found"
  @David-Robinson5527 Hi I, too, had a repeat email asking for more information that I had already given along with an image of the issue. To ask for a refund, email infoservice@magix.net. I would also suggest you include a link to this topic. 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
• Music Maker

  15 answers, most recent on 4/7/2026

  RE: installation failed
  @gimigitara Hi Check that the Vita and other instruments are in the folder:- C:\Users\Public\Documents\MAGIX\Common\ This is my folder you should have the indicated items If the folderpath is different for Instruments and/or Soundpools what is the
• Movie Studio

  11 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

  RE: Video Deluxe 2026 - Access Violation Code - Program Crashes
  @SHANE-KOHUT, https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version (X86 & X64) Have you tried installing the latest v14 of Visual C++ Redistributable? That might fix the