• Video Pro X

  20 answers, most recent on 11/3/2017

  RE: Intermittent Error Message On New VPX installation
  Good Morning Peter, The export drop down in 'Programme Settings' is set to 'Default' which will be the Intel and I usually use the User defined MP4 1080 HD 25fps Pal setting which I have found is the most compatible for our wedding video clients
• Video Pro X

  20 answers, most recent on 11/3/2017

  RE: Intermittent Error Message On New VPX installation
  Hi Roger I am seeing the HWA message appearing now when rendering to AVCHD, but not if I have effects on the timeline You should still see the message but yes, in cases where the clip has some heavy "CPU only" effects (like Mercalli stabilising) and
• Video Pro X

  20 answers, most recent on 11/3/2017

  RE: Intermittent Error Message On New VPX installation
  Hi Roger HWA should also be occurring for mp4 files as well as AVCHD. . . . .but not if I have effects on the timeline . . . . Some effects will not/can not be rendered using HWA. I am not seeing any issue with crops, pans or zoom HWA is used with
• Video Pro X

  20 answers, most recent on 11/3/2017

  RE: Intermittent Error Message On New VPX installation
  Hi Peter, I am seeing the HWA message appearing now when rendering to AVCHD, but not if I have effects on the timeline, which seems to tie in with another post. When I first installed VPX, I initially loaded a previous project to test rendering
• Video Pro X

  20 answers, most recent on 11/3/2017

  RE: Intermittent Error Message On New VPX installation
  Hi Roger The second problem I have noticed is that rendering out to MP4 or AVCHD seems to take twice as long as VPX7, that is either using my nVidea GT740 graphics card, or the graphics on the I76700 CPU. With the claims for higher render speeds on
• Video Pro X

  20 answers, most recent on 11/3/2017

  Intermittent Error Message On New VPX installation
  I've just upgraded from VPX7 to the latest VPX and all is running ok for normal working with two exceptions. 1) Every so often I get an error message popping up. I can't take a screen grab of it as it stops any other actions, so I wrote down what it
• Video Pro X

  3 answers, most recent on 9/30/2017

  RE: Losing Projects
  My only other thought is an issue with AVCHD files because all the times it has happened is when I have used my Sony or Canon cameras.Other edits using MP4 or TOD files have been fine.I only use the first 2 on wedding shoots and they are the only
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: The Audio mastering feature isn't working in MEP2018 Plus
  Hi Try it on a short test project first and if it works then, load the AVCHD you just exported, apply the effect and in the AVCHD export dialog, Advanced settings select Smart Copy. This should only re-render the audio and copy the video with no
• Movie Studio

  10 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: The Audio mastering feature isn't working in MEP2018 Plus
  I can't tell you what version it is, because I'm in hour #8, of an 11.5 hour AVCHD render, and I can't access that screen. However, every single time I open MEP 2018+to work on a project, I always check for updates, and I'm sure I have the latest
• Video Pro X

  8 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: Saving, Exporting individual edited tracks in VPX 2017
  Hi Craig Rule 1 is to avoid transcoding or re-encoding of compressed formats during the post production chain as John EB has mentioned, so based on that and the fact that you may not know the final delivery files format or the additional processing
• Video Pro X

  8 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: Saving, Exporting individual edited tracks in VPX 2017
  Ah, thank you so much, Peter. I will have to experiment with Smart Render and perhaps Smart Copy. Can you elaborate regarding ProRes... Are you saying that the higher resolution of QX (as compared to HQ) would be pointless to me when starting with
• Video Pro X

  8 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: Saving, Exporting individual edited tracks in VPX 2017
  Hi Craig I think what you may be looking for is to export your AVCHD video material to AVCHD (Mpeg4 H264) using "Smart Render" or "Smart Copy" selectable in the advanced encoder settings from a VPX export template. If your footage has only been hard
• Video Pro X

  8 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: Saving, Exporting individual edited tracks in VPX 2017
  Hi . . . . Can anyone explain the relationship of original AVCHD file size & info to the codec used by default by Magix for the AVI container, which expands data 100x? . . . . Surely, it's not improving the video. . . . There is no direct
• Video Pro X

  8 answers, most recent on 9/26/2017

  RE: Saving, Exporting individual edited tracks in VPX 2017
  John and Jeff, Thanks so much for the feedback. Okay, so sure enough the "Export Selected Range only" works appropriately. When I first tried to export to avi, 2 unexpected things happened: 1. The file size went from .57 GB/min (original AVCHD) to
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/22/2017

  RE: Color grading
  Hi . . . . When I save a movie in mpeg4 format , its been saved it in mt2 files !!! why ? . . . . Although the menu item name is Video as MPEG-4 - there are 2 container formats available AVCHD and MP4,. If you want the mp4 container file format you
• Movie Studio

  18 answers, most recent on 9/5/2017

  RE: AHER (another hardware encoding rant)
  Thanks. Is it always on? The only thing I could find in the built-in Help about Smart Rendering was for AVCHD.
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 7/29/2017

  RE: How to use smartrender and smartcopy with mts files
  Hi @Petrambijus Thanks for the clarification - that helps a great deal. I have the same issue with 1 AVCHD video clip out of 24 I have tested with. Taking a group of 12 clips with bitrates varying from 11.4 GB/s to 17.2 Gb/s, all from the same
• Other products

  3 answers, most recent on 7/25/2017

  RE: Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 14 - unsupported format
  Hi Surprisingly the importing of m2ts (AVCHD) format is not supported according to the specs - see here bottom of the page. I would suggest you use a video converter, I use MovAvi Video Converter - paid for, however very good value, to convert your
• Video Pro X

  13 answers, most recent on 9/1/2017

  RE: VPX9 Display Video Mode problems
  Hi John CB I would update or reinstall your graphics driver although I see you have quite an old card. I think the latest driver for that series is a Beta - Crimson 16.2.1 from early 2016, but it does support Win10. I had an issue with the preview
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 7/29/2017

  RE: How to use smartrender and smartcopy with mts files
  Hi @Petrambijus Please note: The AVCHD files contained in the movie must have the same format, i.e. the bit rates (variable or constant), audio formats, image resolutions and video formats must match. Note that this warning is saying that the clips
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 7/29/2017

  RE: How to use smartrender and smartcopy with mts files
  Hi Thanks for reposting with the information requested. . . . . i try export, MPEG-4, feel i must pick AVCHD transport 1920 1080 29,97i, choose it, go to advanced, make bitrates 16000, sound options, check smart copy. Here it gets complicated, no
• Video Pro X

  9 answers, most recent on 7/29/2017

  How to use smartrender and smartcopy with mts files
  Computer: i5-4670K 3,4 ghz, 8 Gb ram, 64 bit win 10, ssd samsung evo 1 tb drive, free 200Gb, Nvidia GTX770, win 10 creators update. MAGIX Video Pro x7, 14.0.0.155   Now to the problem. I have few mts files which i want to just cut and join to one
• Other products

  2 answers, most recent on 7/10/2017

  RE: Photostory Deluxe 2017 won't export
  Hi, welcome to the Magix forums. I am no expert at reading the error log but one line does stand out for me:  Open Project: IFS_Swans_Leavers_Slide_Show_2017_final_cut_cut -- avchd project 2017-07-10 This clearly infers that your project is going to
• Other products

  2 answers, most recent on 7/10/2017

  Photostory Deluxe 2017 won't export
  I'm having problems exporting my project. It will save ok but wont export to wmv, mp4 or many of the other options. I get an error message saying export failed, try another format or memory may be full. I have a 3tb hard drive so have plenty of