• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  [Solved] not saving to mp3 files
  resetting Sound Forge, (File> "Reset all preferences and clear cached data) as suggested by magix support does not work. When will mp3 codec be fixed. This has been a problem for the last 3 versions of sound forge
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 8/8/2025

  RE: MARCACAO NA TIMELINE MUDA DE LUGAR COM ZOOM IN E ZOOM OUT
  @CarlosPinhodeAlmeida-Pinho Você tenta editar um arquivo MP3 já compactado. O MP3 é lido em quadros de dados, então o zoom salta entre os quadros. Você pode habilitar nas configurações do programa Sound Forge a opção de sempre usar proxy para
• Movie Studio

  3 answers, most recent on 6/24/2025

  [Solved] Audio noise
  When adding voice over or music tracks (MP3) in Movie studio 2025, I get clicks and pops in the video. Have tried audio cleaning to no avail. Any suggestions?
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 9/24/2024

  RE: [Solved] Time Sync
  @Alejandro-Arango Asegúrese de no utilizar archivos MP3. Debido a su compresión, los archivos MP3 no se pueden leer con precisión de muestra, sino solo de fotogramas. Puede habilitar los formatos de archivos comprimidos en la configuración del
• SOUND FORGE

  13 answers, most recent on 8/8/2025

  RE: Can't register SF-7b even with the key
  The other issue involving no more MP3 activity on one PC is something else.  Try copy/paste the 'mp3plug2' folder files (in 'FileIO Plug-Ins') from one PC to the other.
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: [Solved] not saving to mp3 files
  UPDATE: If you just use save file it reverts back to the newer mp3 codec, you have to use save as
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  also for reference when saving the files save as type MP3 Audio (Legacy) (*.mp3)
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Yes, I rendered from Reaper. And it was the first time I was rendering with live effects on the tracks. So here's the full audio journey: 1) recorded voice artist using Reaper; exported as 44 kHz, 16 bit, mono WAV (have been doing this for maybe 15
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Actually, correction. I used SF18 to edit the WAVs, but with the new batch converter being terrible, I used SF14's Batch Converter to create the MP3s. Looking into it, this means I used the LAME encoder. Interestingly, I was getting the same results
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi Rick, Just thought I'd pop back here with a few updates: 1) firstly, the last batch of audiobook files I sent the client were fine (phew), but I'm not sure why. I batched them with SF13 or SF14 Batch Converter 2) I bought and installed a new
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  OK, so here's what I've done: 1) in SF18, enabled Legacy MP3 encoder 2) opened a pristine 192 kbps audiobook file that was edited a year ago by someone else 3) selected 1 minute of audio, played it through — no errors 4) ran Trim/Crop just to cut
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 1/14/2025

  [Solved] SF 17
  What is the smallest possible file extension to SAVE AS. Is there anything smaller than MP3? Quality is not important.
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  MP3 conversion glitches
  I've been using various version of SF to convert to MP3 for years without issue. Usually, I was batch converting files for elearning to 128 kbps MP3s. But recently, I had to batch convert some WAVs for an audiobook. The WAVs all meet the ACX
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  Hi @Randy-Young and welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community.Are you referring to Sound Forge Pro? I have not seen a MP3 'Save' or 'Save as' dialog like that based on your screen shot. Here is how my MP3 encoder window appears in SFP-18, Win
• Movie Studio

  14 answers, most recent on 3/26/2025

  MP3 imports are being reduced to 4-seconds length + Not playing!
  I have Movie Studio Platinum (2023)When I try adding MP3 files to the timeline, they all get reduced to just 4-seconds duration / Plus even that 4-seconds length file does not play.I have attempted to add various different MP3s :: All encounter this
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 3/22/2025

  Can't drag and drop MP3 file after upgrade
  I have just upgraded Magix Music Maker 2025 Premium to Version 33.1.0.16 and I can't now drag and drop my MP3 files onto the tracks.
• Music Maker

  7 answers, most recent on 4/8/2025

  RE: Hi, program keeps crashing, wont save project.
  HI, program wont export Mp3 and crash......
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  does anyone know if conversion from 44 kHz, 16 bit, mono WAV to 192 kbps MP3 should cause a problem? Hi @Paul-Fegan, what version of SF are you using?The later versions of Sound Forge has a (hidden) option to use the legacy MP3 encoder or the
• SOUND FORGE

  2 answers, most recent on 9/1/2025

  RE: Software is glitching.
  Does this behavior occur with PCM (.wav) file types or just MP3 or other lossy formats? btw, welcome to the Magix Sound Forge users community @Robert-Paul
• Movie Studio

  15 answers, most recent on 7/20/2025

  [Solved] Playback Stutter MEP 2016 Plus
  Forgive me old MEP friends. Everyone gets old ... that's inevitable ... Got another question for which I should know the answer. Was rocking along with a two minute project (with multiple files on the timeline). 'Visual Playback' was smooth at first
• SOUND FORGE

  16 answers, most recent on 3/21/2025

  RE: not saving to mp3 files
  fixed the crashing problem and changing Options> Preferences> Internal> ("Activate legacy MP3 plug-in" (Change FALSE to TRUE) seems to have fixed the issue of saving as/to mp3 files. We'll see how it goes and I'll report back.
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  I really do not know. Have you tried enabling the legacy MP3 encoder and trying that? Replacing the "mp3plug2.dll" file in the 'FileIO Plug-Ins' folder may fix the issue, I tried the <.dll> MP3 file from SFP-15 which worked, but I'm not sure
• SOUND FORGE

  38 answers, most recent Yesterday

  RE: MP3 conversion glitches
  Hi Paul, I created a 45 minute, 44.1kHz, 16 bit, 400Hz mono PCM wave test tone file and encoded 192 kps, 44.1k, CBR mono MP3s from that. I encoded directly from the timeline and a second set from the batch converter. I used SFP-18's default MP3
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 3/25/2025

  RE: Found a bug in Music Maker with reversing audio
  @dpizza Reversing a WAV loop or some a compressed file format, like MP3 or OGG? I usually have no problems with WAV. In case you use MP3 maybe it would make sense to convert them to WAV first. For this I use a free tool like Xmedia Recode.