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Hi When you access a file from an application, eg MEP, Windows does all the file handling and checking. If the file exists and is able to be opened, ie not locked by another application, then what is called the file handle and locking

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 6/11/2012

RE: Editing output from Canon XF300

Although my post is too late, I hope it could be useful to you. Yeah, if you would like to edit the canon xf300 mxf files with FCP/FCP X, you need to install xf-plugins to make them compatible, which is very expensive. As far as I know, you

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 5/25/2012

Which MovieEdit Pro, I'm confused?

I downloaded what I thought was the correct demo but when I imported a video clip made on my Panasonic X900M camcorder with 5.1 surround sound, I noticed the sound track waveform was single, i.e. mono. I thought all the 5.1 tracks would show up

Movie Studio

One answer, on 2/10/2012

RE: Exporting Movies

While I cannot answer your question you are right about there being no customer support, at least in the US. Forget support: you cannot even get through in SALES! A voice comes on that sounds like come kid who tells you to call back later. This

Movie Studio

One answer, on 2/7/2012

RE: Best vs. "best" editing software

Vesku I am in complet agreement with you on the Cyberlink product I tried it and had very similar thoughts. That product was also prone to frequent crashes. I am running a 1.7 GHZ AMD64 Quad Core with 6GB RAM so any of the top video editing

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 12/12/2011

magix movie maker 16 and H.264 codec?

I bought a new camcorder yesterday by Silvercrest, and it records its video's in AVI format, but it uses a H.264 codec. I have tried opening its video files in magix movie maker 16, and all it does is just give me only 2 seconds of the video

Rescue Your Videotapes!

One answer, on 11/9/2011

Can 'Rescue your videotapes' file be imported into Movie edit pro mx premium?

Can 'Rescue your videotapes' (by Magix) files be imported into Movie edit pro mx premium? Latest versions of course! Scenario: I used 'Rescue your videotapes' (by Magix) to rip an old VHS tape of my wedding to the PC, no problem

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 10/31/2011

RE: How do I close a project in Magix MX?

Hi Which version were you able to close a project in? Not all windows programs allow multiple 'project' windows open, in particular video editing software. I have had MEP versions 11,14,15,16,17 and now MX, also Pinnacle Studio

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 10/23/2011

Movie Edit Pro Imporvement Requests and Feature Suggestions

I've been with Magix since MEP 11 on my old single core WindowsXP computer and now have MEP 17 on my new quad core, Windows7, HP Pavilion dv7 laptop. I generally like most things about the program, but one problem persists - the preview stutters.

Movie Studio

2 answers, most recent on 10/2/2011

RE: How to add side by side half frame text/titles into 3D project ?

I've found a very easy solution to the problem.....................I'm now using Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11 instead. After watching a couple of their 'webinar' tuition videos all is sorted. Recommended, far superior to Magix efforts.

Photostory

2 answers, most recent on 9/12/2011

RE: Does Photostory allow me to import Adobe After Effects?

Unfortunately, it is not a format we support. I do not have any suggestions as to what you can do, I doubt we will have support in the future for them either. Sorry. Thanks for the reply. I can use these in Sony Vegas Pro to

Movie Studio

One answer, on 8/24/2011

audio is suddenly slow

I've been working in Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus with no problems, until now. The file I'm working with is an .avi and recorded with the same camera (Sony HDR-FX1) as the other files. However, now the audio is slow! I've rebooted the computer,

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 8/9/2011

RE: TO ANYONE THINKING ABOUT USING MAGIX MOVIE EDIT PRO

MEP is the most stable and responsive video editor I have ever used. I rate it above other video editors that I have used. I used Adobe Premiere Elements through version 9. Feature set cannot compare to MEP..Premiere Elements is a drag

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 8/4/2011

RE: How to setup chapter mark without menu link

Hi ishtor The reason you are getting different answers to your question is due to the initial question which was asked being open to many different interpretations. I also had this with your other post re music looping. Many of the users on

Movie Studio

19 answers, most recent on 8/17/2011

RE: jerky playback 16 premium

Hi David, Thinks i tried: . I used a 30 second long example from my Canon camera (PAL 1280x720 at 30fps. extension MOV) 1 activate MPEG4 codec (succeeded) 2 different machine and os: Intel p4 2.8 ghz 2 Gb windows XP prof. 100gb free disk

Movie Studio

19 answers, most recent on 8/17/2011

RE: jerky playback 16 premium

Thanks for reply Johnebaker, When i mentioned jerky it is related to the final result (after export) Hardware: Quad core i5 2.90 hz 4 gb ram samsung hd 1.5t with about 1.2t freespace windows vista home premium 32bit. If preview is slow

Movie Studio

19 answers, most recent on 8/17/2011

jerky playback 16 premium

I have a canon camera which output is h.264 mov files 1280x720 at 30fps. Magix 16 premium (with activated MPEG4) converts these files when i drag them into the timeline. In preview the files are a bit jerky, for me not a great problem but in

Music Maker

3 answers, most recent on 6/17/2011

RE: How do you choose a piece of a track for special editing beyond cut, paste or spilt? Can't seem to designate an area in between markers for editing.

Most other Timeline based programs I have worked with (Sony Vegas, Audacity, Camtasia) allow you to designate a specific piece of the timeline for editing, such as volume changes, fadeins and outs, different mixes. It does not appear as if

Movie Studio

5 answers, most recent on 4/24/2011

RE: AVCHD video exported from Video Edit 17 pro

I downloaded Sony Vegas Movie Studio and tried it out and it worked perfectly. I don't want to have to buy differrent software but that is looking like what I will have to do.

Movie Studio

One answer, on 4/21/2011

RE: Where to download 64 bit version of Movie Magix Edit Pro 17 Plus?

Unfortunately there is no dedicated 64bit version of the software yet (legacy support for the remaining 32bit users I guess) As far as I know, in the somewhat "affordable" price range, only Sony Vegas Pro 10 has native 64bit support but it's not

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 3/10/2011

Magix video edit 17 pro plus - how to avoid arranger returning to beginning of video

Hi, Forgive me if I've missed the correct page in the manual. I place a video clip in the arranger window and select in and out points - I then place the clip on the timeline but as soon as I do that, the cursor returns to the beginning of

Movie Studio

4 answers, most recent on 2/1/2011

Does Movie Edit Pro import sequenced image videos?

I use CG software to produce videos. My preferred method of rendering is to sequenced images. Does Movie Edit Pro 17 support it? Currently I use Sony Vegas as my NLE (which supports it) but wanted to give Magix a try...but if it doesn't support

Movie Studio

One answer, on 10/22/2010

Poor video quality exporting with MEP 15, 16 even Video Pro X

I do most of my editing on the Mac with Final Cut Studio, but I have a need to do some editing out in the field with a laptop. I don't have a Mac laptop (yet) so I am using a new PC laptop with Windows 7-64bit. I have been a Magix fan for many

Movie Studio

6 answers, most recent on 10/4/2010

RE: Insert color panel?

I also own Roxio Creator 2011, Sony Vegas Studio 10 Platnium and Serif Movie Plus 13. Sony and Serif are very much alike so if you didn't like the Sony interface, you probably wouldn't like Serif. However, both are customizeable if you want to