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In the past few weeks I've been having issues with Movie Studio 2023 crashing or at least locking up and or giving me generic error messages especially (but not exclusively) when rendering a project. I was wondering if like many programs/apps there

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 1/13/2026

RE: Settings - CPU or GPU - Video Delux Premium 2026

@SHANE-KOHUT Certainly for export, use the 3080 for MP4-type source files. My 3060 is probably 5 times faster than the CPU export. For other source file types such as AVI, I find using the iGPU in my Intel CPU sometimes yields faster exports. Then

Video Pro X

17 answers, most recent on 5/2/2025

RE: Ignite Color: Cine Commercial and Ignite Keying & Flares Release

@Reyfox To my understanding, Hitfilm had to be rewritten sooner than later because it was based on an older Open GL version which is deprecated on MacOS. And during that phase, AI video generation became accessible, which made it economically

Video Pro X

4 answers, most recent on 8/15/2025

RE: Reset programme settings to default. How to reinstall after restart.

Thanks to you both. For clarity to the first answer @CubeAce I reset the programme to the default setting and backed up my current settings to Windows, Users, roaming, Magix etc. The settings are stored within the "Cache" settings of Magix Pro X 16.

SOUND FORGE

8 answers, most recent on 11/21/2025

RE: Sound Forge 17 not loading on Windows 11

@Justin-Brummer I see you are attempting to save your file to OneDrive. Try using a different location on your computer, NOT your desktop either! As a general rule, with most types of files it is considered to never be a good idea to save directly

Movie Studio

15 answers, most recent on 11/12/2025

RE: MPEG-4-Codec

Hi Jeff, Thank you. Looking at the documentation that arrived with the CD, its called MAGIX Video delux 2025 / Movie Studio 2025 which concurs with what you said. There is also a VOUCHER-CODE, starting with 63L. There is a multi-national

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

Movie Studio

48 answers, most recent on 9/29/2025

RE: Weird issue with using Smart Copy/Smart Render in MEP 2019 Premium

@ericlnz The image isn't changed. The two fields are the same. It's just that they aren't taken from two periods in time but are from the same time. When read as an interlaced file (instead of progressive) the top field is used to create a full

Web Designer

8 answers, most recent on 10/19/2024

RE: Updater tagged as virus infected

@Rene-D Hi Rene, You got the right advice from @emmrecs (Jeff). I also agree with @browj2 (John CB) advice to register on the Talk Graphics forum. Here, like on the Magix forum, you can ask questions and find answers about Xara products. I found an

SOUND FORGE

15 answers, most recent on 1/2/2026

RE: mouse won't click properly in sf 18 waveform

Seasons greetings @jim-atkinson, If you are not editing a lossy type file, the 'Proxy' setting will have no affect.Otherwise, the 'Snapping' tool may be enabled and set to 'Grid', making it difficult to precisely place the cursor. It is usually best

Video Pro X

62 answers, most recent on 5/15/2025

RE: Should I choose Video Pro X or Vegas Pro?

@AAProds Thanks Al, I trust your judgement. Interesting specs on that XA10 camera. Then the brochure has completely different specs. Different generations but same name? Loved the quality of the output. Ray.

Music Maker

6 answers, most recent on 6/29/2025

No sound on VST instruments

I am using Music Maker 2024. Upon opening a VST instrument I am unable to click a note on the keyboard and hear the instrument. Likewise, although it registers that a note is being played on the keyboard no sound is generated. I have checked in

Video Pro X

13 answers, most recent on 6/19/2025

RE: plugin NewBlue Infinite Looks

Elements (from newbluefx) _How to use Active Camera(https://newbluefx.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/209967173-How-to-use-Active-Camera)_How to use Alpha

SOUND FORGE

11 answers, most recent on 3/1/2025

RE: Sound Forge Pro 18 MAGIX Hub Text to Speech downloads are White Noise

Sound Forge Pro 18 MAGIX Hub Text to Speech downloads are still not working. The "Generate Preview" works fine, but when I download the audio the download is digital white noise. The program worked fine during the trial period, but after I purchased

SOUND FORGE

4 answers, most recent on 8/4/2025

RE: Record Keyboard Shortcut

@PaulieT Hi . . . . I guess I didn't write my question well enough. . . . Nothing wrong with your question, the answer I gave is a generic one for find an existing shortcut instead of wading through all the shortcut categories. Click in the entry

Movie Studio

7 answers, most recent on 4/10/2026

RE: cant download extra content

@SSB To get the extra content, go to the Help menu than choose "Install Extra Content". Click Yes to the Installations Manager prompt, wait for a few seconds then a box will appear with all the extra content. Do you see that? It looks like

Movie Studio

11 answers, most recent on 1/20/2026

RE: VDL 2026 Patch 316 - Had to deactivate then reactivate the same PC

@emmrecs Hi Jeff I have both VPX and VDL on my laptop and PC, and this is not the first time I have been asked to de-activate/reactivate by a patch, which may have been triggered by the update to Win 25H2. I suspect that significant Windows updates

Samplitude

2 answers, most recent on 1/4/2024

[Solved] Bad Sound

I am using Windows 10 and have Realtech speakers on my HP laptop. On the initial install the speakers were working fine. On going to the program MAGIX, and doing what the intro video showed and changing the speaker function I started getting

Video Pro X

17 answers, most recent on 6/13/2025

RE: VPX 17 - project folder - transferring clip from list to timeline

Hi @Betovalle Just to confirm your workflow: You drag a clip from the Media pool or Source monitor to the Project folder. You then click on the "send to the timeline" button on the object in the Project folder and the error is generated. But if you

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 7/24/2025

RE: can't register new computer

Hi!, Im sorry for the confusing, I was using Movie Studio 2023. i do have a serial key, but after installing software on my computer it requires an activation code. I'm trying to generate it from my magix account but i doesn't work. I have

Movie Studio

One answer, on 1/17/2026

[Closed] Getting a new authorization code for Vegas 12 for a new computer

My old computer went toast, so moving my Sony Vegas over to the new computer: Ive followed all the steps, downloaded the latest version of Vegas 12 from the MAGIX web page, using my working serial number, installed the 3.5 version of .NET. Found my

Movie Studio

3 answers, most recent on 1/13/2026

RE: Settings - CPU or GPU - Video Delux Premium 2026

@SHANE-KOHUT Certainly for export, use the 3080 for MP4-type source files. My 3060 is probably 5 times faster than the CPU export. For other source file types such as AVI, I find using the iGPU in my Intel CPU sometimes yields faster exports. Then

Video Pro X

165 answers, most recent on 4/10/2025

RE: [Closed] Website Observation

@Gid, @Reyfox Hi Gid, Tony This topic has forked into Roberto's topic 'newblue display is faulty in timeline monitor' and is splitting responses, can we keep this topic as the general discussion on the Magix website please. John EB

Samplitude

6 answers, most recent on 10/10/2024

[Solved] Wishlist for future Samplitude Pro: Songmaker AI

I would very much like to see the "Songmaker AI" feature from MMM added to Samplitude Pro (and Studio?) Right now it is necessary to keep switching apps and I would very much prefer having a better workflow with Songmaker directly available in