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I, too, use SoundForge Pro 12 as an audio book narrator. This morning I found the same error message as did Terry -- "There is no license to use this software," and couldn't save the file I was working on. I will try your suggested workaround and

Movie Studio

16 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

RE: Can't get Red Text

Hi . . . . Please note that the color in the Text selection box is MUCH REDDER than it looks here. . . . color in the screenshots, as you see, is what I see see in Irfanview and Photoshop . . . . Does this mean you see the colour issue only in

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 4/3/2026

RE: Installation Gets Stuck

Update: I have found that I have Music Maker 2026 installed and working on my pc. The only bug was that the setup exe was freezing like shown in the first post. So TLDR: Setup seems to work. Setup.exe seem to freeze forever but gets the job done.

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 11/17/2025

RE: Blank error dialogue box appears during MS2022 reinstall

Hi John These are the main specs of my PC: Device: Acer Aspire C24-963Type: Stand alone Home PC DesktopProcessor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1035G1 CPU @ 1.00GHz (1.20 GHz)Installed RAM: 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable) System type: 64-bit

SOUND FORGE

29 answers, most recent on 9/16/2025

RE: SF 11 refuses to start, even full re install

I'm shocked that there's no support at all (at least here I did got some answers) but the official Magix support just doesn't see to care. What I'm I supposed to do? Not buying SF in a new version to see if the authorisation software does work?

Movie Studio

10 answers, most recent on 5/23/2026

RE: Video Deluxe 2026 premium

Hi John EB, I tried to use the VDL and it is crashing again. :(

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 12/15/2025

RE: sound forge 17 wont open

Many thanks @SP! I had the same crash as OP listed after replacing my older computer and moving my AudioStudio lic to the new machine. Strange that everything was fine on the older machine? But all is happy now and I am back to cleaning up some

Music Maker

8 answers, most recent on 2/25/2026

RE: I want to change my payment method

Hello! How i change credit card?

Video Pro X

5 answers, most recent on 9/3/2025

RE: Bugs still in Video Pro X17

Thank you for your help. It is obvious that I will not be able to achieve what I need with this program without the hassles. I will just have to live with them.

Audio Cleaning Lab

4 answers, most recent on 10/31/2025

Cleaning reel to reel tapes

I have some old reel to reel tapes from the 1960s which have some sections where the recording has faded and sounds muffled. Is there any way to improve these sections? I've tried the normal cleaning which only gives a slight improvement. I want to

Movie Studio

14 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

RE: [Closed] preview pictures unable to be seen

I am running Prox14 and I cannot see any photos at all in the scene overview page, this used to work and I have even tried resetting the program to its default settings but nothing at all

Other products

One answer, on 10/1/2025

[Closed] Using Vegas Pro. Not in List-Got this email "free welcome gift"

I got this e-mail and I can't tell if it's just a general e-mail for Magix or because I have Vegas Pro. It seems to want some kind of audio software besides Vegas in order to use these add-ons. I don't understand it at all. Is there a way to plug in

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

[Closed] I have Video Deluxe Ultimate (2026) :: But ProDAD plug-ins won't work!

I have paid to upgrade to the the ultimate version of Magix Video (the ultimate version)...Purely for the ProDAD features, which Magix display as being included within this version.I have manually-activated each of these plug-ins\However whenever I

ACID

3 answers, most recent on 11/17/2025

How to turn off LOOPING & Beat mapping in ACID PRO's Explorer

I'm using ACID PRO: 11.0.2 (Build 21) 64 bit.I am desperately looking for a way to either turn off loop playback and / or Beat matching and / or stretching of audio sample playback in the Explorer.Like every other ACID PRO user, I am simply trying

SOUND FORGE

14 answers, most recent on 8/29/2025

RE: where is spectralayers pro??

I bought their "EXCLUSIVE OFFER," as advertised. SpectraLayers and other features are advertised as part of this upgrade offer. Please see the attached picture-file. As you can see, "suite" is not mentioned in their offer, nor did it appear in text

Video Pro X

45 answers, most recent on 6/6/2026

RE: DVDs cut don't play

@rickduley Hi Rick, Thanks for the images; everything appears "normal" there! And for listing the type of disc. But are they DVD+R or DVD-R? In my experience, for single-layer -R are "better", i.e. produce fewer failures. What about the other

Video Pro X

45 answers, most recent on 6/6/2026

RE: DVDs cut don't play

Hi @emmrecs Verbatim Discs.I have just rebuilt PC with newest O/S (so ignore previous data - I must update that file).

ACID

8 answers, most recent on 2/27/2026

RE: Acid Music Studio 11, Auto update failure.

@stuart-cassie Used the Microsoft installer to remove Visual Studio. What does this mean? You go into Windows Apps and simply select to uninstall the Redistributables (I think it's version 2013). I'm not sure what you're doing here.

Off topic

31 answers, most recent on 5/29/2026

RE: Stopping pop-ups from MAGIX on PC Boot

Thanks @johnebaker No grey bears. But there is some good news ... @SP. wanted to see the "Hide News" pane and it is set to hide the news.The good news is that I have started VPX16 twice this morning and have been free of the curse. I haven't

Photostory

20 answers, most recent on 2/28/2026

RE: Photostory 2026, "RC String 8875 not found"

@David-Robinson5527 HI . . . . only appears when in the Classic view . . . . Good catch, and confirmed, this is a bug. Classic view is one I do not normally go into. I will send in a bug report. John EB I thought it was a bug and it is bugging me

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 10/17/2025

RE: can someone help me remove dog barking and a car racing up the street

folks thanks for all input i really feel stressed at thought of it all i may end up living with the dogs...just going to try your suggestions first before i give up thanks again brian

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 10/24/2025

RE: Movie Sudio 2025 developed a strange behaviour

@me_again Hi Andy. I'm still stubbornly on Win 10 and can tell you the Magix QTM Reader has never closed and another opened when the program is restarted until my machine has been shut down. I've had as many as seven instances when I've bothered to

Video Pro X

10 answers, most recent on 12/5/2025

RE: Video Pro X 11 Crashes Every 5 Minutes

@CubeAce Thanks for the suggestion. If nothing else works, I'll try this. ...or maybe I'll just bite the bullet and upgrade 😅

Movie Studio

70 answers, most recent on 9/19/2025

Reasonably affordable graphics card for Magix Movie Edit Pro Plus

Hello, A few years ago I had my computer guy build me a video editing PC that should last me while handling multiple large files. It went well for awhile until two days ago, I got an error about my graphics card, and AMD 6800. I tried updating the