No... I am not talking about the "Export Folder".

The export folder = Whatever folder you designate it as, within the default-directory settings. 🙄👍

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I explained the issue completely clearly in my post...

When "Importing" footage into the MS program, regardless of whatever the footage's file-name is :: MS display's it's file name (within the MS program) as being the file name of the last saved project.
(A project file which has since been deleted off my laptop)

Accordingly, when subsequently opening the dialogue-box to export the video out of MS = The file-name which MS displays it as, is the file-name of that formerly deleted project.

(Nothing at all to do with the designated export-directory)

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I tried this with multiple different video imports...
But this bug, of MS re-naming all of them to that deleted project, occured with each.

(Therefore it was simply a technical-bug within Magix's software)

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Uninstalling / Then re-installing the program is what was required to fix this bug.


 

@Apollo89x

Hi

. . . . "Importing" footage into the MS program, regardless of whatever the footage's file-name is :: MS display's it's file name (within the MS program) as being the file name of the last saved project. . . . .

Do you mean the Movie tab (Timeline) name is the same as the last project as indicated by the orange arrow in the image below is the last saved project name? The imported video name is indicated by the red arrow and is not changed on import

John EB
Forum Moderator

This bug as started occuring, yet again! -_-

I have attached screenshots showing it:



As stated in my original post...
There is no such file in existence on my computer named "end 1b".

That was the name I assigned to project which I saved via MS, 3-days ago.
(That project file was deleted off my laptop 3-days ago too)


The fiile I am importing into MS is not named "end 1b"
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But yet, every single file I import into MS = Gets renamed by MS as "end 1b".

(I have already cleared the cache)

Previous comment deleted and reposted due to a spelling error in the original, because I can't do edits on my posts.

@Apollo89x

When "Importing" footage into the MS program, regardless of whatever the footage's file-name is :: MS display's it's file name (within the MS program) as being the file name of the last saved project.

You are describing an action which has never occurred to me in almost 20 years of using Magix.

MS display's it's file name (within the MS program)

What exactly do you mean by this? Where does MS/VDL display this "file name (within the MS program)"?

We need some screenshots:

1. Start the program using the shortcut in the Windows Programs list, not using an MVP file then take a screenshot.

2. Drag a video file onto the timeline then take a screenshot.

Attach them both here. That will help us track down what is going on.

Further comments:

And when I subsequently went to export the file, it defaulted to saving as the name of the previous project also | (Which is where the annoyance occured - As I had to erase that, and put the correct file-name, every time

This is by design and logical. You create a new project and name it. The project name appears at the top left of the interface, together with the name of the first movie in brackets. If you rename your project, the name of the first movie will change as well. You can, of course, rename the first and any subsequent movies; the name of the movie will be the name which is prefilled into the export name.

Reading your posts multiple times, I offer the following: as far as exporting goes, Magix autofills the file name field in the Export dialogue screen with the name of the movie. You should have already named your movie to something appropriate, but if you didn't, it will be the name of the project with a "-01" appended at the end. And if you didn't rename the project, it will show the default name, which is the date that the project was created.

Now in your case, I suspect you think the program should use the name of your source file as the name for the export. That would be fine if you had only one source file but what if you had twenty on the timeline? Which name would be appropriate/desirable for the filename for export?

The program does not have a bug and behaves entirely logically.

@Apollo89x

OK, I see what you mean. Try a program reset:

File>Settings>Reset Program Settings to Defaults.

FWIW, as I explained above, the export filename is merely the movie name, which in your case is the "en1b".

As I say, I've never seen that before.

No... What it's doing is not "logical" at all. 🙄


I am importing 1 single video file | Which has a name.

Therefore, when I open the MS export-box = The LOGICAL thing would be for it to display the file's name there still.


The program however is renaming every file to "end 1b".

(Despite the fact that no such file on my laptop exists with that name)



 

And by the way, the program, from the 2026 version, is called "Video Deluxe" or VDL for short.

You mention "computer", then you mention "laptop". Are these two different machines?

The program however is renaming every file to "end 1b".

I've explained why VDL does this. I do agree that the movie name should not be changed to "end1b".

Try a reset.

It is telling that the problem went away when you uninstalled the program because that would have removed the system files where some of the names are stored eg Videodeluxe.ini.

@Apollo89x

OK, I see what you mean. Try a program reset:

File>Settings>Reset Program Settings to Defaults.

FWIW, as I explained above, the export filename is merely the movie name, which in your case is the "en1b".

As I say, I've never seen that before.

Thankyou.

I have done this | And it's reset the program to it's brand new install state.

Hopefully it will hold...
However I already reinstalled MS yesterday | Which only temporarily fixed the issue, before it started reoccuring again.

 

This bug as started occuring, yet again! -_-

I have attached screenshots showing it:



As stated in my original post...
There is no such file in existence on my computer named "end 1b".

That was the name I assigned to project which I saved via MS, 3-days ago.
(That project file was deleted off my laptop 3-days ago too)


The fiile I am importing into MS is not named "end 1b"
\
But yet, every single file I import into MS = Gets renamed by MS as "end 1b".

(I have already cleared the cache)

I have been using Magix (*via whatever name they constantly rename the software to), for 8 years now...
But have never encountered this issue.

Instead, it always just displayed the file's name as "whatever the file's name was".

This bug only started occuring 2 days ago, after I saved a project.



 

Greetings,

How do you start a new project? Do you use this window (First icon next to Magix, top of the page)

If so, have you at any time typed in the project name as end 1b?

AndyW

I don't ever start projects in Magix.

I simply just drag n drop already edited video-files into the timeline, to colour-grade them via Magix, then export them.


*The project I previously saved was just a 1-off occurence | As I never normally use the projects feature via Magix, as I don't use Magix for my editing :: Purely just for colour-grading.

 

@Apollo89x

Since, a), no-one else has ever (to my knowledge) reported this problem before, and b) you have now uninstalled and reinstalled your software but the problem has now returned (having originally disappeared following the reinstallation), I think it highly unlikely that this is a "bug" in MS/VdL.

Unfortunately, I think this may be a problem that Windows is creating for you.

Do you know how to check the integrity of your Windows installation? If not, this M$ Support page will at least "start you off".

Jeff
Forum Moderator

@Apollo89x

Hi

. . . . Instead, it always just displayed the file's name as "whatever the file's name was". . . . .

In your images above, what is being changed is the Movie (Timeline) name, which is displayed in the timeline tab and above the preview monitor, the filename is still the same as when you imported it, as seen in your images above. This name is the default name used when you open the Export dialog.

What is the file extension of the video you have shown in the 2nd image of the 4 you have posted above?

When you import this video do you get a popup message? If so, a screenshot would help, or quote the message in full, verbatim.

The File Explorer in the 2nd image of the four posted above looks odd, is this a 3rd party file browser or a modified Windows File Explorer?

John EB

@Apollo89x

Hi

. . . . Instead, it always just displayed the file's name as "whatever the file's name was". . . . .

In your images above, what is being changed is the Movie (Timeline) name, which is displayed in the timeline tab and above the preview monitor, the filename is still the same as when you imported it, as seen in your images above. This name is the default name used when you open the Export dialog.

If this isn't a technical-bug with Magix's software...

Then why, when I import a file (which has a name), is the software instead setting the default-name (for export) as "End 1b" (the name of a project that was deleted days ago)?


^
That project was deleted days ago, and so does not exist anymore.

So why would MS set every single new import to that name, (unless it's a technical bug)?

@Apollo89x

Hi

. . . . So why would MS set every single new import to that name, (unless it's a technical bug) .. . .

That is what we are trying to determine, however to do that we need answers to the questions that have been asked ie :

1. What is the file extension of the video you have shown in the 2nd image of the 4 you have posted above?
    
2. When you import this video do you get a popup message? If so, a screenshot would help, or quote the message in full
    
3. The File Explorer in the 2nd image of the four posted above looks odd, is this a 3rd party file browser or a modified Windows File Explorer?

John EB

@Apollo89x

Try adding your Superstar Slayer file from the VDL Media Pool:

-Open VDL

-Using the media pool (Import Tab), browse to your Slayer file, then when you locate it, drag it down onto the timeline.

-Then, look at the movie name in the tab above the timeline; what is it?

@Apollo89x

MS re-names every new import to the name of the last saved project!

As you have been told, no, it does not.

Putting a video clip, an image or an audio clip on the timeline does not change the Project name or the Movie name, and the program does not change the name of the object by itself - ever.

Look at your image showing the video clip on the timeline. It says "The Superstar Slayer (Music Video).mp4". It did not get changed to the name of the project, did it. If you add another video to the timeline, it will show up with the name of the video clip, nothing else.

I don't ever start projects in Magix.

I simply just drag n drop already edited video-files into the timeline, to colour-grade them via Magix, then export them.

I guess that this explains why you don't understand how the program works. You are confusing the Project name and the Movie name with the name of a video clip on the timeline. Why would you expect the name of the Project or the Movie to somehow change because you added a clip to the timeline? Logic 101 - If you add another video to the timeline, would you expect the project/movie name to change again? I can't think of any video editing program that would change the project name to the name of a video clip added to the timeline. And what would happen if you added a third video clip, fourth video clip and so on? The fact that you don't yourself add any is irrelevant. The program is for use with multiple objects on the timeline. Unlike you, most users use the program for this, arranging and editing multiple objects.

When you start a new project, the program proposes today's date by default. You change it to whatever you want. The first Movie (tab) gets the same name by default. You can change it.

When you go to export - it says Export movie, not export a video clip from the timeline - the export parameters automatically use the name of the Movie, not one of the video clips that you put on the timeline. Why would it? You could have hundreds of the video clips on the timeline.

Then why, when I import a file (which has a name), is the software instead setting the default-name (for export) as "End 1b" (the name of a project that was deleted days ago)?

That project was deleted days ago, and so does not exist anymore.

You say that you deleted the project but you also stated that you never start projects. So, which is it? As far as I can tell, you are just using the same project over and over with the same project name and expecting the program to somehow magically change the name of the project because you put a video clip on the timeline. It won't; it is not supposed to.

How do you delete a project? Are you just deleting what is on the timeline? If so, then you did not delete the project, which should be obvious. Deleting a project means that you deleted the "End 1b.mvp" file from your hard drive. The .mvp file is the project file. If you actually deleted the "End 1b.mvp" file from your hard drive, then you would not be able to open it again. It would not even show up in the Recent files list or under Open an existing project. Of course, you could start a new project and give it that name.

This stuff is very basic to understanding how the program works.

So, to do what you want, you will have to change either the filename to the name of your single video clip when you export the Movie, or first change the name of the Movie to the name of your single video clip first and then it will show by default. I do not recommend exporting to a file that has the same name as an existing file, as that could cause confusion.

To easily get the name of the video clip that is on the timeline, select it, Ctrl+E to get properties and copy the filename to the clipboard.

John CB

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I genuinely pity the obession with pedanticness which you seem to have! LOL

(You literally seem to be obsessively pedantic about every single item of terminology, purely for the sake of being pedantic!)

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The reason why I stopped bothering to respond further in this thread since yesterday = Because I already fixed the issue myself.

The issue was a technical bug with Magix's software, causing every new movie export to default to "end 1b" / (rather than the date | which is what it's meant to do).

As stated multiple times, I physically deleted the project (.mvp file) off my hard-drive days ago...
So there is no reason why Magix should be re-naming movies to it.

(It was doing so though due to a technical-bug in the program, most likely with it's interal cache malfunctioning)

^
Doing a total clean unistall of MS, then re-installing it, fixed the issue.







 

@Apollo89x

Hi

. . . . You literally seem to be obsessively pedantic about every single item of terminology, purely for the sake of being pedantic! . . . .

There is nothing 'Pendantic' about using the correct terminology, this ensures that everyone is on the same wavelength regarding the issue in hand, and is necessary to get a clear picture of the issue and eliminate confusion of what you mean.

Such remarks, as the above, not responding to users questions, or providing the results of suggested tests, do not encourage other users in the forum, who are using the same software and have a great deal of experience with said software, to help you with issues you have.

Further provocative comments such as the above may result in your account being suspended either temporarily or permanently.

With respect to your question:

. . . . If this isn't a technical-bug with Magix's software... Then why . . .

In addition to a software bug, there are two other main causes of issues, a misunderstanding of how a software program works, and user error.

John EB
Forum Moderator