Using both VPX and MEP

gmlotkow wrote on 1/2/2019, 7:55 PM

Why would you want to use both of these programs? I inherited many older Magix Programs and other plugings to the now VPX, Isn't VPX the latest and most professional version they have? What are the benefits of both? Does your editing hardware operate differently on each? One has more effects than the other?

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johnebaker wrote on 1/3/2019, 5:29 AM

Hi Greg

. . . . Why would you want to use both of these programs? . . . .

In a single word - flexibility - the reasoning depends on what your final target/market is.

VPX is the professional editor and MEP a semi pro editor. VPX is used for target/markets that are bound by quite strict specifications for video, eg TV/Public broadcast.

MEP has a lot of features that are similar/same as VPX however IMHO it would not be suitable for final output that has to meet the requirements for TV broadcast video.

There has always, and still are, features that are available in one and not the other, eg in VPX the scopes and choice of colour spaces etc, again these are aimed at the professional who has to meet strict requirements for video.

However there are features in MEP which are, at the moment, ahead of VPX eg as has been discussed in another topic, HEVC and HWA .

Using both together does mean you have to do some workarounds, eg using intermediate video export/import, where a feature is not available in one or the other.

HTH

John EB

 

 

 

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Former user wrote on 1/4/2019, 8:21 PM

Flexibility... where?

Getting both is like getting VEGAS Movie Studio Platinum and VEGAS Pro. You gain nothing. You just wasted money on the lower end product, because the higher end version has everything it has and more.

While MAGIX may beta some newer features on the MEP project before putting it in VPX, it certainly doesn't have more performance features than VPX - quite the opposite. It's also lacking CODEC support (some things paid add-ons in MEP, some things simply not there), and has a consumer-oriented workflow.

The content packs are largely the same. The big difference is that you get a commercial content license with VPX, while you do not with MEP. This means that you cannot use a lot of the content in i.e. a monetized YouTube video unless you pay a seperate commercial content license for the stuff you use.

This also applies to MAGIX Music Maker and all the Sound Pools, Music Sound Tracks, etc. you get from the in-app store.