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@johnebaker Sorry, that's my previous PC. I was editing up to five camera angles of 4k video and the playback was excruciatingly slow, my current PC I bought almost 3 years ago specifically to handle large files & multiple angles.: CPU: AMD R9

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 7/18/2023

RE: In task manager the so-called Update Notifier takes permanent 20% cpu

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I noticed the comments that people disabled it in task manager. I'll stop the thread with this. Its lousy software design, but if it can be worked around, then whatever.

Video Pro X

175 answers, most recent on 5/27/2026

RE: Video Pro X16 - New Features and Bug Repairs

AI is the latest selling buzz word. If your software doesn't have anything AI, then as @johnebaker wrote, it is not good. Not that a perspective user would use it, they want it anyway. And with social media content creators out there, AI Styles

Movie Studio

17 answers, most recent on 4/7/2024

RE: The AV1 codec

@CubeAce, @CubeAce Hi Andy Thanks for the tip, installed and tested. Films & TV and Media Player both crash about 3 seconds in on a 10 sec clip, VLC now plays and seeks correctly, the other 4 players are still a no-go. Clip is 1920 x 818 25.3

Movie Studio

10 answers, most recent on 12/24/2024

RE: Click to navigate in timeline

@Mark-Woodson Hi Mark. You are welcome and in some respects fortunate in your timing. Magix does not often offer Vegas as part of a Humble Bundle offer. The last time being two years ago and the offers often last less than 30 days. Note if you

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 12/12/2023

RE: Cannot render video MP4 but sound ok

@gaunt I hope you have your old version on disc as people have not been able to download really old copies of the program from the Magix servers. The downloaders appear to no longer work as I think the internet protocols they used are no longer

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 12/28/2023

RE: problems with import mov files

@Krzysztof-Nowacki Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. First can you not post images with your activation codes showing as other people viewing my be able to activate and steal a copy of the program by downloading a demo copy and using the P3

Movie Studio

35 answers, most recent on 11/12/2024

RE: What Apple format: Apple ProRes or HEVC codecs can Movie Studio run?

@Tusk Depending on the phone, Android based phones can use external microphones to improve audio quality in video footage. There are various blogs on the subject such as the one here. However, if it's the audio that is the main concern why use the

Movie Studio

80 answers, most recent on 2/12/2024

RE: no audio for mov files

@AAProds Hi Al. No, it goes both ways. Apple users can't use common message apps to relatives with phones on other platforms. They couldn't use a normal charger for their iPhones or tablets. I know people who have genuine grudges the other way but

Rescue Your Videotapes!

17 answers, most recent on 3/31/2024

RE: Can't get it to work on 2 different laptops

Hi Charles. In the advanced tab of the recoding page you had open there, change the sample rate to 48kHz and 24 bit. That would still result in sound reproduction better than most people's hearing and the program would cope with it better. Most

Music Maker

12 answers, most recent on 3/8/2024

RE: Terms and conditions for royalty-free commercial license

@dmstar1956 You can always monetize your compositions manually by yourself. For example, you can sell it on Bandcamp or allow ads on the videos on your YouTube channel. But you cannot use the automated systems from CD Baby or YouTube since they

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 7/5/2024

RE: Puting finished movie with Title Page + chapters onto a USB stick ?

@VHS_guy_2019 I don't see why not. As I said I used to do that a long time ago but with Nero not Magix but if you have no disc in your burner there should be an alternative method. Just looking at the burn section of MMS I found these options which

Movie Studio

20 answers, most recent on 1/13/2025

RE: Exporting to mp4 desyncs the sound...

@Richard-Merriman HI . . . . . After I posted the solution I got nothing but criticism! . . . . Only in so far as it was pointed out, by 2 very experienced users, that there was a lack of understanding of what is going on. However comments such as

ACID

9 answers, most recent on 9/3/2024

RE: ACID Pro/Music Studio still a valid tool/DAW choice in todays market?

So I've since been made aware that "not everyone" ran into the Vst issue in ACID Pro, but the fix that released in AP11 took care of it for those who experienced it apparently. I have since decided to upgrade my AP10 to AP11 in my newer Windows 11

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 11/24/2023

RE: Activating MMM 2021 on a 2 CPU workstation

@Eleyan VST3 plugins need to be stored in certain locations (Program Files/Common Files/). These is defined in the VST3 standard. VST2 plugins cannot be stored there and they have no specific location, so every developer handles this differently. So

ACID

8 answers, most recent on 11/20/2023

RE: product won't accept serial number, and other comments

If Xara is not Magix, Magix certainly has a funny way of advertising other people's products. https://www.magix.com/us/professional-photo-editing/ Anyway, I didn't mean to be quite that grumpy before. Magix has some good products, and I'm pulling

SOUND FORGE

No answers, created on 7/29/2024

Problem with Studio 17 and Focusrite 18i20 (v3)

Wondering if anyone can shed some light on thisI am running Soundforge Studio 17 with a Focusrite 18i20 (Gen 3)Everything was running fine until I updated the drivers for the Soundcard - Was using Studio 16 at this pointEverytime I start Soundforge

Audio Cleaning Lab

16 answers, most recent on 3/13/2025

Family History Cassette Tape Project - Tips to Begin?

I am new to Audio Cleaning Lab 4 and know very little about audio editing. But everyone has to start someplace. I have about 200 cassette tapes from the 1980s and '90s of family interviews and conversations that I am going to digitize. I have

Movie Studio

57 answers, most recent on 8/31/2023

RE: New Release MMS 2024....

@JCI-21 Hi, I don't know who you're asking, put an @ symbol in your comment & it will give you options of people you want to tag, there's no Magix staff on here. What 'vertical and horizontal gizmo' are you ref to? Can you describe it a bit

Movie Edit Now

16 answers, most recent on 10/22/2024

RE: Cannot Open Video Files Recorded With OBS In MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 14

@Grimbles Hi. Upon closer inspection there is a difference in your files encoding on the line of your file Format profile : High@L3.1 Where mine is Format profile : High@L4.2 and looking to see if there are any other problems with that encoding I

Samplitude

3 answers, most recent on 1/3/2024

DSP issues after updating Samp ProX7

Hi I am having severe issues with DSP spikes all of a sudden after installing an update to ProX7. One Kontakt instrument and one plugin will cause a dsp reading of up to 200% max. I have an ok computer that should handle way more than this and

Video Pro X

175 answers, most recent on 5/27/2026

RE: Video Pro X16 - New Features and Bug Repairs

Perhaps a simple workflow example will clarify the process because I may be making the wrong assumptions on how you edit Top-down You have a short video of an interview with two people talking for a about 3 minutes There is an introductory title to

Movie Studio

69 answers, most recent on 4/9/2024

RE: VHS captures, video "washed-out"

Hi @johnebaker These are the only two options I have on my computer. I guess if I had one of my capture dongles with me and plugged it in, the MPEG option would pop up. Its good to see that AVI is available since, as a container, it can hold a

Movie Studio

30 answers, most recent on 3/8/2024

RE: MMS 2022 Suite, Slideshow Maker

@Greg123 Hi Greg. A 4:3 screen ratio is based on the 35mm film format which was a traditional screen ratio for movie and still images. All my Digital stills cameras do 4:3 and my full frame ones have 35mm sensors. There will always be new screen