Thanks for the reply, AAProds! When I do ALT+W after clicking on the starting point, the cursor does jump between every cut, all the way to the end, and when I go to export the video, it says:

"Sections were found in the movie "MOVIEFILE" which do not contain any image of move material:
Number of areas detected: 1

Position of the longest rage: 00:11:27:49

If these areas are intentional, then select "ignore" to continue with the export process. Select "Jump to empty section" to cancel the process and jump directly to the lo9ngest section or "Cancel" to manually remove the section.

Note: In the "Edit" menu under "Move view", select "To next empty section" and "To previous empty section" to navigate to these empty areas in the movie."

Jumping to the empty section simply results in the cursor moving to the end of the video, instead of showing some anomalous extra bit that might be floating somewhere.

I actually exported the video anyways, and despite being 00:11:27:49, the end result was 00:21:23 with the intended portion of the video being 11:27:49 and a black void from then to 00:21:23

@DarkWestern

OK, so Magix thinks there's something there. If a track has something on it, it looks like it (the track) is slightly greyed:

In this example (after I hit Enter), track 5 and 6 have a 1-frame object after the blank space. Note tracks 5 and 6 are slightly grey (as are the ends of tracks 1 and 2).

Drag the timeline/track display up and down with the vertical scroll bar and inspect each track that is slightly greyed.

Sorry, I should say that I am color blind to a fault, is there any way to tell which one is slightly greyed, or can you maybe use MS Paint to put a circle on where I'm supposed to be looking? Also, thank you again, AAProds, you've been invaluable historically, and to this day. I am thankful for your assistance as always.

Nothing like this has ever happened before I upgraded to the 2026 Pro

@DarkWestern

Number one, I'm having problems with my tracks. Normally I like to have the video file be at the very top, and one track below, maybe images or text, and the track below it as music, but I've been plagued by this error that won't let me put things on the tracks I need them to be. The message I get is

"Object MOVIEFILE.mp4 cannot be moved to the current position because other objects have been placed here already."

Could you post a screenshot of your complete timeline?

I don't see any option to upload an image directly, what method are you using?

@DarkWestern

Here you go. The greyed area (only a bit lighter than normal, unfortunately) is within the dashed lines:

@DarkWestern

I don't see any option to upload an image directly, what method are you using?

When you start a comment, in the menu bar at the top of the comment box, the circular blob with the upward pointing arrow is the image uploader. It's next to the Smiley icon.

Hmm, I can see yours looks like a different shade than the others, but mine all seem uniform, at least to the best of my ability to tell.

Where are you uploading screenshots? I'm totally happy to share, but the forums doesn't seem to allow any form of uploading.

Ah! I see! I did not notice you double replied before I replied.

*Edit - you can also see the bizarre track arrangement due to the weird "something is already there, despite there being nothing there" error. Usually mine are all organized on one track per video, audio, image, text, etc.

Here is my project at maximum zoomed out level.

@DarkWestern

Usually mine are all organized on one track per video, audio, image, text, etc.

You can separate the video and audio: in the program settings (key Y) on the video/Audio tab, untick "Video/Audio on one track".

Then do a Save (just in case).

Next, CTRL+A to select all your objects, then right-click on one of them, Audio functions>Video/Audio on Separate tracks. Or hit CTRL H. That will put the audio onto separate tracks. It might mess up your layout a bit.

You only have to do this for objects already on the timeline; any new objects will display the video and audio on separate tracks.

As for the rogue object at the 20 minute mark, I see your timeline doesn't have the lighter grey on the occupied tracks, which is as nuisance. Could it be your monitor is out of calibration?

Did you scroll down the tracks to see if anything was on any of the lower tracks?

It does look like you have a lot of tracks set as default: in File>Settings>Movie, set it to 16 tracks. That will reduce the number of tracks a rogue object could go to.