How do I pick a still frame to represent my video when it's not playing

stmartiny wrote on 9/29/2015, 11:52 PM

Using Magix movie edit pro 2015 premium... can't find in the manual...

How do I pick a still frame to represent my video when it's not playing? Thanks!

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browj2 wrote on 9/30/2015, 12:44 AM

Hi,

This is for the file that will be exported.

Shortcut E or

Top menu, File, Settings, Movie. Select the tab "Project settings." At the bottom, click on the radio button "Use preview image from movie." Scroll along until you find the image that you want. That's all.

You should probably look at my tutorial on getting started in MEP under Tutorials tab in this forum.

stmartiny wrote on 9/30/2015, 12:53 PM

Hi,

This is for the file that will be exported.

Shortcut E or

Top menu, File, Settings, Movie. Select the tab "Project settings." At the bottom, click on the radio button "Use preview image from movie." Scroll along until you find the image that you want. That's all.

You should probably look at my tutorial on getting started in MEP under Tutorials tab in this forum.

Thanks for your help... In the project settings and preview, I tried the 2 options using a JPEG pic and the still frame but for whatever reason, it just doesn't work. I keep getting an error message about proxy rendering...!!!

browj2 wrote on 10/1/2015, 12:03 AM

What is the exact error message and exactly when does it occur?

Did you turn on proxy editing in the Movie settings, first tab?

stmartiny wrote on 10/1/2015, 9:18 AM

What is the exact error message and exactly when does it occur?

Did you turn on proxy editing in the Movie settings, first tab?

Yes proxy editing is on... the error messages comes up after selecting the pic or still frame when I hit ok

stmartiny wrote on 6/18/2017, 11:33 AM

After 2 years and the latest version downloaded, I still don't have an answer for this "Movie Setting" problem... the program always select "Automatically select preview image" regardless of what I click on... I wish I could use the "Use preview image from movie" option but no luck so far... frustrating !

johnebaker wrote on 6/18/2017, 3:50 PM

What is the full name and version number of MEP as found under Help, About ?

I cannot replicate this error.

Are you using an external USB hard drive?

How much free space is on the hard drive where the video source is?

John EB

stmartiny wrote on 6/18/2017, 8:33 PM

MAGIX Edit Pro 2015 Premium

Version 14.0.0.183 (UDPP3)

No external USB hard drive used

See attached file for disk space

Thanks.

johnebaker wrote on 6/19/2017, 6:37 AM

. . . . . . . . After 2 years and the latest version downloaded . . . . . . .

I initially tested on Movie Edit Pro Premium - which worked fine. This version is the latest download and is sometimes referred to as Movie Edit Pro 2017, however there is no year designation now in the product name.

I can replicate the problem in MEP 2015.

The bug in MEP 2015 is unlikely to be fixed, there are no more updates for it and I suspect it is now out of support having been superceded by 2 newer versions.

HTH

John EB