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Hi . . . . any problem regarding commercially produced videos (all my VHS tapes) for example copyright infringement . . . . This you would have to take up with the individual copyright holders or their agents, or your countries regulations re

Photo & Graphic Designer

3 answers, most recent on 6/9/2016

RE: Photo and Graphic Designer 6 to Photo and Graphic Designer 11

Hi Tia, Your existing files do not get automatically updated when you install a new version. And you can have more than one version on your computer and open the version that you want. Normally, one keeps the old version just in case. If it

Movie Studio

24 answers, most recent on 6/3/2016

RE: video effect/rip through

Hi Mike, Pleased to hear you're making progress. And thanks for the illustration, but can you upload the original (presumably high resolution) to Dropbox and post a link, as I cannot read the text on the various objects. And if you have time,

Video Pro X

38 answers, most recent on 1/28/2021

RE: Anyone else finding MAGIX Support somewhat lacking?

Hi John CB . . . . On the first screen, Options is in German as Optionen. Selecting it brings up the Options screen but it is all in German. . . . I suspect the GeoModule config file - GeoModule.dll.config - may be set for the wrong language

Music Maker

5 answers, most recent on 5/2/2016

RE: Is it better to buy MM2016 or just purchase extra soundloops?

Hi To purchase the required licences for commercial use, you get them from Catooh.com - for more information on the different licence types and their terms and conditions see here. . . . . If I purchase the Audio Pro license, is that separate

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 4/28/2016

RE: GTX 760 2GB OK?

Hi Terry Backups I am pretty lax here. I might say that I have built my new machine as a dedicated Magix Editing workstation and tried to keep it as clean as possible - no browsing, email, and no other programs not directly related to editing.

Movie Studio

18 answers, most recent on 4/28/2016

RE: GTX 760 2GB OK?

Hi Terry . . . . Do you write the clone to another (smallish?) internal HD partition reserved for that purpose? . . . . No - the backups are created as follows: PC - an image file is written to the second hard drive and copied to an

Video Pro X

38 answers, most recent on 1/28/2021

RE: Anyone else finding MAGIX Support somewhat lacking?

A tip: once you have set up the folder links and settings make a backup copy of the 'clean' ini file create a small cmd file to copy the clean ini over a corrupted one - save you a lot of time resetting everything and restoring the extras

Video Pro X

38 answers, most recent on 1/28/2021

RE: Anyone else finding MAGIX Support somewhat lacking?

Hi @ John Cb . . . . so I killed Video_Pro_X.ini. This worked, but then I had to recreate all of my folder links and redo the folders links in Program settings. . . . . A tip: once you have set up the folder links and settings make a backup

Movie Studio

One answer, on 3/13/2016

RE: I have to change my computer, will Magix Movie Edit disappear?

Hi See here for upgrading to Windows 8.1 Read the entire topic and carry out all the tests. You can then upgrade to Windows 10 if your computer is capable of running it see here for more information - this is not compulsory and there may

Movie Studio

One answer, on 1/13/2016

RE: MEP is refusing to encode my burn, here are the logs.. dont know what else to do.

Hi The error message you are getting is typical of an issue with one of the objects on the timeline of movie 3 - this could be an image, video, title or audio object. Assuming movie 3 is not one video file, ie your exported highlight reel,

Music Maker

One answer, on 1/1/2016

RE: Can I recover previos projects?

Hi If MMM 2015 has saved a backup copy, then you may be able to recover it. Try File, Backup, Load backup project - backup projects have the .mm_ file extension and should be located in the same folder as the original project file. If there

Movie Studio

One answer, on 12/15/2015

RE: How to transfer my unfinished project from my PC to Laptop.

pat-m98, No problem as long as all your clips, photos etc get copied across as well. There is a backup option that does it all for you: Simply bring the folder across to you laptop and run your project there. A slightly more involved

Music Maker

One answer, on 11/19/2015

RE: magic music maker crashed

Hi When you restart MMM it should automatically save a backup copy of the project every 10 mins by default. and ask you if you want to restore a backup file if it crashes - unless you have turned this off in the programs settings. The cause of

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 11/11/2015

RE: how to lock my story board

Hi pat . . . . 35 screwed up DVDs later! I bought another 100 today!! Gawd... . . . . That can also be fixed - get a few, eg a 5 pack, DVD-RW rewriteable discs for burning to until you are satisfied with the final product - you can erase /

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 10/15/2015

RE: Admin Question re the 'Bonus Pack 2016' with MEP 2016

Hi, Since I also have other programs from Magix, like Music Maker and Samplitude Music Studio, I have a lot of music, sound FX and videos that I have accumulated. Magix creates a public folder and places soundpools and instruments there, so I

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 9/26/2015

RE: In MEP2016 can you create media bins?

Hi . . . . Maybe someone else has found a better way. . . . . I don't know about a better way but this is how I organize my projects, media and resources - hopefully the images are self explanatory:- As shown below I have a master projects

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 9/26/2015

RE: In MEP2016 can you create media bins?

Hi, As far as I know, no. They had a method using the database created by Photo Manager in which one could drop files into a virtual folder and then open it in MEP. It was in MEP2014 but disappear from 2015 and 2016 (probably because I was the

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 9/28/2015

RE: Is it possible to backup activation?

Hi The only time I have seen this message is when registering the software using the offline, other computer/phone/email, method is used to register the software manually. This is where MEP generates a computer id which you then use to

Other products

6 answers, most recent on 9/26/2015

RE: Catooh soundpool changes: September 2015

Hi . . . . .if you didn't put them on a thumbdrive and put them in a safety despoit box, a vault, or a nuclear fallout shelter deep under the Arizona desert" . . . Don't know about putting them on a thumbdrive - they are not that reliable for

Other products

6 answers, most recent on 9/26/2015

RE: Catooh soundpool changes: September 2015

Hi From the Catooh website FAQ . . . . You alone are responsible for the security of your purchased media files. For this reason, we recommend making regular and multiple backup copies every now and then. . . . . . IIRC there was a statement

Other products

6 answers, most recent on 9/26/2015

RE: Catooh soundpool changes: September 2015

Hi, The soundpools on Catooh do look strange. I looked at some of the collections trying to find the ones that I have. When I found a couple that look like what I have, like MovieScore whatever, the description mentions that it is for Jam and

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 8/28/2015

Importing files with the same name (MEP 2014 PLUS)

MOVIE EDIT PRO 2014 + I think that there are problems when we import files with the same name (from different directories) or previously imported. In a situation, when I export the movie, the area in conflict went black. Create new frame table

Music Maker

2 answers, most recent on 8/23/2015

RE: Can't find music files in my back up external hard drive

Hi . . . . laptop has crashed and I get dreaded black screen . . . . If I haven't saved them in the back up then I'll have to back up again . . . . Is the laptop working or not? The above two statements appear to contradict each