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I recently purchased Music Maker 2026 and am trying to learn it, at least a little, on version 34.0.0.6, and it keeps freezing and crashing on my system. Now, I suspect that my homebuilt PC, which was state-of-the-art in 2024, is no longer

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 7/31/2025

RE: [Solved] How long does it take for customer support to respond?

@webfrit With that additional information I'm going to reinforce my suggestion to contact BorisFX! It is (almost) always the manufacturer of the specific plugin/software who "controls" its activations, rather than the manufacturer within whose

Movie Studio

12 answers, most recent on 11/15/2025

RE: [Solved] Speech to text

@JRH Hi, You'd think they'd include a few free minutes with the download to get you started and tell you you need to buy more and provide a link. I don't understand. All 3 versions of VDL2026 have TTS characters and STT time included. The minimum is

Video Pro X

5 answers, most recent on 5/22/2025

[Solved] Upgrading from Movie Edit Pro to Video Pro X (16)

I recently upgraded from MEP to Video Pro X 16 and I am getting reacquainted the the platform after taking a break of a few years. the interface is very similar and I think I can find my way around, but I am interested to learn how to search for

Video Pro X

2 answers, most recent on 3/13/2026

RE: [Solved] Intel Arc PRO B60 GPU causing white flickering exporting 4K video

@Khaled-Sabsabi Welcome to the forums. This is the Magix Video Pro X forum. If you're using Vegas, could you please post your query on the Vegas forum here.

Movie Studio

One answer, on 12/5/2025

[Solved] Codec Magix

Hello, I purchased a codec online (order number Removed by Moderator), but I'm unable to install it. My code is Removed by Moderator. Thank you for your help.

ACID

7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

RE: [Solved] Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11

Finally figured out the problem. After installing and uninstalling several legacy versions, it turned out version 13 of the Waves plugins included the vst 3s and the others didn't for some reason. Everything is working as usual finally! Stinkin

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 9/20/2025

RE: [Solved] Soundforge Pro 18 automatically changing the sound of my files

@Dave_W Don't edit MP3 files. Always convert them to WAV first or enable in the Sound Forge program preferences to proxy compressed file formats. MP3 is used as an end consumer format for playback. My guess is, that editing MP3 files in modern

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 7/20/2025

RE: [Solved] Playback Stutter MEP 2016 Plus

Hi Mike. A one hour forty five minute scene is not an interview, it's a documentary 🤣. Glad you got it sorted whichever way it was done. One clip that long could be the reason. There is a reason digital video recorders still record in blocks of

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 4/10/2026

[Solved] -14 error

Getting a -14 error when attempting to install Movie Studio Suite 365 on new computer. Have no other active activations. So far only getting automated responses from Magix. Suggestions? Only antivirus is Windows Defender. Did try turning it off. No

Video Pro X

5 answers, most recent on 5/22/2025

RE: [Solved] Upgrading from Movie Edit Pro to Video Pro X (16)

@Operaman Hi, First off, did you download and install all of the additional content that comes with the program? It is about the same as what you had with MEP if you downloaded and installed everything, except that with VPX, you get the commercial

ACID

3 answers, most recent on 6/24/2025

[Solved] Waves 15 Plugins not seen in Pro 11 Suite latest build

The last topic on this problem was not answered. Waves v15 latest release does not load into the Acid plugins folder (no matter which u choose and scan) Waves does load on startup, but is empty under the Plugins Vendor menu. The only solution to

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 5/28/2026

[Solved] Video Pro X17 stuck at "Initializing movie"

Hello, I have a problem with Video Pro X17. I live in France so my windows 11 is in french, however I installed Video Pro X17 in "International English" (Do not know if this makes a difference). If I modify the windows layout, in my case I just

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 12/9/2025

RE: [Solved] Nvidia RTX 5080 Graphics Card | But MEP 2026 suddenly stopped using it

Go back to driver version: GeForce Game Ready Driver 581.80 https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/257497/ The current NVIDIA driver is not compatible with Magix video editing software.

Movie Studio

9 answers, most recent on 10/24/2025

RE: [Solved] Movie Sudio 2025 developed a strange behaviour

@johnebaker Greetings John, I've installed the Emergency Windows Update (KB5070773) (26200.6901) which ostensibly is to fix a problem with no USB in Windows recovery mode. After an hour of editing with the Cineform clip there have been no black

Movie Studio

8 answers, most recent on 3/13/2026

[Solved] I have Video Deluxe Plus (2026) :: But ProDAD Hide V2 not included??

I have Video Deluxe Plus (2026)...However when I've gone to Extra Effects | Plug-Ins=I get a dialogue box saying "A video effects plug-in could not be found".Then it goes on to say that this is probably because no plug-ins are installed.When I have

SOUND FORGE

3 answers, most recent on 10/27/2025

RE: [Solved] SF 12 Can't drop music on voice anymore

I just figured it out, Somehow, there must be a hot key I randomly hit... In options there is a "Drag N Drop" settings and was changed to "Paste" instead of "Mix"...

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 2/7/2026

RE: [Solved] Background app from Magix

@me_again Hi Andy, A long time ago, MEP used the Firebird SQL Server (FABS) to connect to the database created using PhotoManager and MP3 Deluxe, I believe. If you added files to the database and categorized anything, they would show up in MEP under

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 8/5/2025

[Solved] differences between Soundforge 12.6 and older version.

Hello So my job recently updated a bunch of computers to windows 11 as such we now use a newer version of Sound forge (version 12.6). The main issue i have is that the new sound forge does not allow me to see the "end" of the audio. In my job i

Video Pro X

11 answers, most recent on 4/22/2025

[Solved] 3 and 4 Point Editing

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. Typically, the range I select on the timeline is shorter in duration than the video clip I have selected in the Media Pool. If I select an in and out point in the Source monitor (4 point edit) the speed of the

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 5/19/2026

[Solved] That old chestnut - Quicktime

Greetings, For years now, I've been using Quicktime Alternative 1.8.1 mainly because I occasionally use MPEG Streamclip which requires it and MS2025 works with it. During a bout of certifiable stupidity I uninstalled Qalternative. "Oops" I thought,

Samplitude

5 answers, most recent on 4/1/2025

RE: [Solved] problem with volume control for virtual instruments

@psychojosh13 If you right click on the volume slider in the track header, is it set to volume mode or velocity mode? Besides that, is the volume knob turned to 0 if you play from the beginning of the project or also from every other position? You

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 5/10/2026

[Solved] Object Color

I'm working on a travelogue/documentary with a LOT of objects (video, photos, soundscape, effects, audio, etc..). I've noticed that many video editors allow you to color code your objects for easy reference when viewing your screen/timeline. This

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 5/28/2025

RE: [Solved] Does Movie Studio 2025 Platinum support HEVC?

@mlp-mlp Hi. upgrading from Sony Movie Studio 12 to Magix 2025 Platinum Magix Movie Studio is not an upgrade from Sony Movie Studio 12, Magix Movie Studio is a different program but it is a good basic editor, as you say you're looking for 'simple