Thanks John,

Here it is:

General
Complete name                     : E:\PROJECTS\1082\Animations\PLATFORM3_b.mpg
Format                                   : MPEG-PS
File size                                : 11.1 MiB
Duration                                 : 30 s 0 ms
Overall bit rate mode              : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 094 kb/s

Video
ID                                       : 224 (0xE0)
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 1
Format settings, BVOP                    : Yes
Format settings, Matrix                  : Default
Format settings, GOP                     : M=2, N=24
Duration                                 : 30 s 0 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 033 kb/s
Width                                    : 1 272 pixels
Height                                   : 640 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 1.987
Frame rate                               : 25.000 FPS
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.149
Time code of first frame                 : 00:00:00:00
Time code source                         : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed                         : Open
GOP, Open/Closed of first frame          : Closed
Stream size                              : 10.8 MiB (98%)
 

Hi

What is the source of the MPG files ie are they from eg:

1. HD DVD disc
2. Screen capture software
3. Animation software such as Maya or Blender
4. Mobile phone
5. Downloaded video file

or what?

What you are seeing is typical copyright protection scrambling the content, however there may be other factors depending on the source of the video.

The aspect ratio of the video is odd at approx 2:1 - are you getting any message when you drag one of these videos to the timeline?

John EB

Thanks John,

The video is the output from an open source point cloud viewing application (Cloud Compare) the videos look fine in other MPG viewing apps, Media Player, my iphone, andriod etc. it's only MAGIX that displays them like this and I get no message from MAGIX on import, just the scrambled display. However I found a workaround by exporting the videos as MP4 instead, but its going to take me ages as as I have loads to re-export.