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emmrecs wrote on 3/8/2021, 8:29 AM

@John-Yeadon

Welcome to the Magix user to user forums.

Your post really doesn't give us a lot to go on! However, as a first suggestion, have you tried Settings>Reset program to defaults? Does this help?

Jeff
Forum Moderator

Win 10 Pro 64 bit, Intel i7 Quad Core 6700K @ 4GHz, 32 GB RAM, NVidia GTX 1660TI and Intel HD530 Graphics, MOTU 8-Pre f/w audio interface, VPX, MEP, Music Maker, PhotoStory Deluxe, Photo Manager Deluxe, Xara 3D Maker 7, Reaper, Adobe Audition 3, CS6 and CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

johnebaker wrote on 3/8/2021, 9:10 AM

@John-Yeadon

Hi

In addition to @emmrecs comment, we need to know more information about you computer specification, Windows version and Photostory version - see this topic for details of what is required.

In addition what are you adding to the timeline - images, video or both and what formats are they.

Which export settings are you using and did you make any changes to them?

John EB
Forum Moderator

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

John-Yeadon wrote on 3/9/2021, 5:31 AM

All is well. I did as you said and the programme is functioning correctly. Thanks for the prompt response.

John-Yeadon wrote on 3/9/2021, 4:32 PM

It seems I spoke too soon and following a few hours of trouble free operation Photostory reverted to "freeze mode", functioning for less than a minute before freezing. It simply refused to run for more than that. So I have given up any attempt to continue my project. I really thought it was fixed. I have repeated the corrective measures you suggested without any improvement this time. So here are the PC details I think you want:

Windows10 Pro operating system. / ACPIx64 based PC (home built) /AMD A8-9600 Processor, Radeon R7 Graphics. 8.00 GB RAM/

Just one thought is that at startup there are always a couple of promotional messages which I tick to prevent them reappearing. It makes no difference - they always re-appear. And as soon as they go .. it freezes.

Any further ideas fellas?

 

johnebaker wrote on 3/10/2021, 5:04 AM

@John-Yeadon

Hi

. . . . AMD A8-9600 Processor, Radeon R7 Graphics. . . . .

The above may be a cause of the crashing if the two options indicated below are turned on.

In Windows settings, Apps look for Magix Cloud, also known as Update Notifier, Magix Connect or Network Sync, and uninstall it if it is there. Do not uninstall the program called Updater if present.

John EB

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.