• Audio Cleaning Lab

  14 answers, most recent on 3/4/2025

  RE: saving to MPEG 4
  @jamesglynn @johnebaker Hi, I just got around to trying out SFACL4 with an MP4 video clip. Export to Original format worked fine. Export to MPEG4 worked properly but it took a while. There is a huge difference in file size: 82,467KB for MP4 (as per
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  17 answers, most recent on 9/14/2024

  RE: can no longer cut/delete in Sound Forge 19
  @Jon-Baker I have downloaded the Ver 4 trial version and it does exactly the same thing I rather feared that might be the case! In order to eliminate something in a particular troublesome mp3 file being the cause, can you post one of them to a file
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 4/10/2024

  RE: Chunks of sound missing after saving files
  I concur with @SP., MP3 and other lossy formats are primarily for end-use distribution. Always edit in the PCM format, with at least a 44.1k/16 bit resolution and encode an MP3 (or whatever codec format) when all editing is complete. I do not recall
• Movie Studio

  69 answers, most recent on 8/10/2025

  RE: Unable to import MKV files into Video deluxe 2026 Plus, Windows 10
  Thanks for your various replies - really helpful and feeling we are getting somewhere. I tried downloading MediaInfo again and it worked perfectly - and your instructions helped a lot - but for whatever reason it seems the thing I downloaded
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 7/8/2024

  [Solved] SF18 crashes when loading a file.
  I just upgraded from SF14 pro to 18 pro. 14 was crashing every time I loaded a wav or MP3 file. I figured an upgrade to 18 would probably fix the issue but it does the same thing. I bought a new computer recently with Windows 11 and down loaded
• Video Pro X

  31 answers, most recent on 8/28/2024

  RE: Selecting Movie Settings with VP X16
  I have Handbrake running and it looks like taking a couple of hours to generate the MP4. However, there are other things I can do - like housekeeping! 😖
• SOUND FORGE

  18 answers, most recent on 4/14/2024

  RE: Izotope RX 10
  newer version Izotope RX 10,5 audio editor more than 30 vsts has extract dialogue vst that works very well. have some mp3 vocals, takes the music out of leadins my 2 cents
• SOUND FORGE

  5 answers, most recent on 8/11/2024

  RE: Channel 2 volume is so low I can't hear it
  Hi @Bob-Konigsberg,What version of Sound Forge.. Pro or AS? If you have SF Pro, check the hardware meter volume settings (View menu).Do the SF playback meters indicate the low level as well?Try another audio playback driver in Windows sound settings
• SOUND FORGE

  14 answers, most recent on 12/1/2023

  RE: saving to wav or mp3
  The error I receive for the wav and mp3: "There is no template available for this format. The selected media may not support it. Try again?"
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 11/12/2023

  RE: How to disable video, only play audio portion
  @mpike Hi. Use File / Export movie / Audio as WAV or audio as MP3. Ray.
• Audio Cleaning Lab

  32 answers, most recent on 11/21/2024

  RE: importing a stereo mp3 file into both tracks seprately
  Thanks for the response! I feel real ignorant about now. However, no matter what I do, I do NOT see the word "audio" anywhere! The thing I did notice was after loading the "file", on the top line where the entire file is shown in its small size,
• SOUND FORGE

  10 answers, most recent on 4/24/2023

  RE: [Solved] Very annoying beep that is added to recordings on editing.
  @Val-Stevens, if the files that are prone to produce the beeping sounds are lossy file types (MP3, AAC and such), You might try enabling "Always proxy compressed formats" in "Options> Preferences> General"
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 10/8/2024

  RE: Sound Forge Minimal Video tools; what do I need next?
  @murrayatuptown Hi An alternative method to get a more universal MP4 file formatted video, is to use the video converter Avidemux as follows: Load the original video into Soundforge, detach the video, make any effects/cleaning adjustments as
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 12/7/2023

  RE: TIME STRETCH NOT WORKING CORRECTLY! SPECIFIED NEW LOOP LENGTH WRONG
  @chris-long In case you use MP3 files, they can have different lengths. This is due to the compression algorithm. Enable to proxy compressed file formats in the program preferences.
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 3/30/2024

  RE: mp4 3D files from qoocam and iphone Spatial Video
  I am using intel i7 8700K, RTX3070. Also found that when output to 2D, it shows hardware encoding. Another thing is the aspect ratio is different when I export to AV1 3D sbs full vs mp4 sbs full, AV1 is about 16:9 while mp4 give a compressed
• ACID

  4 answers, most recent on 8/23/2023

  RE: Tracks keep cutting out
  320 MP3s
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 1/17/2023

  RE: [Solved] Savaing MP3 Files seems to lengthen time.
  Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Ronald-King. Encoding an MP3 will inherently add time to the head and tail. As I recall, up to 30 milliseconds. more of less I am not aware of a MP3 encoder that can eliminate this behavior. The
• SOUND FORGE

  6 answers, most recent on 10/5/2023

  RE: Saving mp3 files
  Welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Steve-Kinloch. the MP3 encoding process can increase peaks by a few dBs .... primarily when using a low bit rate. Try encoding the file at a higher bitrate setting like 320kbs CBR (constant bit rate)
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent on 12/23/2023

  RE: Unable to save project in any format other than .SFAS
  Rraud can you attempt to test whether you can save a Quad channel project to mp3 or wav? Thats the part i can't seem to be able to do because of a "missing template"...
• Movie Studio

  13 answers, most recent on 9/13/2025

  RE: Wich graphic card is better for Chroma Key effect ?
  Sorry, I should have given you more infos. So here it is : I am using MAGIX Movie Studio 2023 Version 22.0.3.172 (UDP 3) BTW I tried MAGIX Movie Studio 2025 cause it comes with Boris Chroma Key, but it was worse, so I came back to 2023. I show you
• SOUND FORGE

  4 answers, most recent on 5/21/2024

  RE: How do I reduce the file size with Sound Forge 14 please?
  Hi @JennyPxyz, "File> Save as", choose MP3 in the 'Save as type' field and choose a current preset from the list, If you wish to modify the preset's encode parameters, select 'Custom'. Tip; if the material is spoken word (or other non-stereo
• Video Pro X

  62 answers, most recent on 5/15/2025

  RE: Should I choose Video Pro X or Vegas Pro?
  @Can-Dive Hi .. . . . where are we getting 5.1 surround sound . . . From this statement from @ghijohansson . . . . On my old laptop I used AP Elements. But that program no longer exports .m2ts files . . . . My first part of my comment above was to
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 4/23/2023

  [Solved] can not export fin work
  After finishing my music I cannot export the file to Mp3 I have some German text asking me if this problem occurs again contact support, but I am not able to contact you guys will not let me send the complent
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 6/14/2023

  RE: [Solved] Sound Forge 16 - latest updates, mp3 encoding issues
  Hi @TripleXL,Do you have "Always proxy compressed formats" enabled? This setting is in "Options> Preferences> General".FWIW, the best quality setting for encoding MP3 files is 320kbs, constant bit rate (CBR) with the 'quality' parameter set to