Media Pool - Display options (backup Program settings)

Can-Dive wrote on 3/21/2025, 2:14 AM

Oddly, this problem seemed to occur about the same time in my VPX16 and MMS2024. In the Media Pool, there are 3 display options; List, Details and Large Icons. I typically have it set to Large Icons. Lately I noticed that when starting either editor, the Media Pool would always default to List. I would change it back to Large Icons, close the program, start it and Media Pool displayed the List again!

To correct this problem in both editors, I reset my program settings to Default. Of course, this means I had to reconfigure the settings and file directories to my liking. It's relatively easy to do, just an annoyance. Just wondering if others set up set up their program settings and then save the ini file as the backup (bak) so they don't have to reconfigure their program settings if they need to reset it? Or is this not recommended?

 

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AAProds wrote on 3/21/2025, 2:51 AM

@Can-Dive

Just wondering if others set up set up their program settings and then save the ini file as the backup (bak) so they don't have to reconfigure their program settings if they need to reset it?

If I have to do a reset, I save (when/if I remember!) the part of the ini that contains the "Create link for folder" entries, but that's all.

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Bluray Burner: Pioneer BDR-212D

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2025

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

johnebaker wrote on 3/21/2025, 7:02 AM

@Can-Dive

Hi

. . . . wondering if others set up set up their program settings and then save the ini file as the backup (bak) . . . .

This 'feature' or 'bug' crept in a while ago.

In previous versions once you set the icon size it held until a reset of the program settings.

In VPX/MMS the Large icons value is stored in the ini file when you save the project and close the program, however on the next start it defaults back to Details.

I do keep backups of the ini files, because all my PC folder settings are changed, they point to a different drive, and I use Paintshop Pro and Sound Forge Pro as the external editors.

Added: I have put in a support request.

John EB

Last changed by johnebaker on 3/21/2025, 7:30 AM, changed a total of 1 times.

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 24H2 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.

Can-Dive wrote on 3/21/2025, 11:01 PM

@AAProds

If I have to do a reset, I save (when/if I remember!) the part of the ini that contains the "Create link for folder" entries, but that's all.

Just to confirm, I assume you copy the folder link section into a text file and then copy & paste into the videodeluxe.ini when required?

@johnebaker

I noticed a .bak file that is used when the program resets the program settings. Once I'm happy with my program settings, I can make a copy of the ini file, rename it .bak and it will be used if I need to reset my defaults? I suppose if there is an update or something and the .bak becomes incompatible for some reason, I can always delete the ini and the system will regenerate a new default? Am I correct in my logic?

As for the feature/bug, my system is now working as expected after resetting my program settings; meaning if I select Large Icons and close the editor, upon restarting the program, the Media Pool is displaying Large Icons rather than defaulting back to List. Is this a random problem?

AAProds wrote on 3/21/2025, 11:51 PM

@Can-Dive

Just to confirm, I assume you copy the folder link section into a text file and then copy & paste into the videodeluxe.ini when required?

Yessir! 👍

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Bluray Burner: Pioneer BDR-212D

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2025

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

johnebaker wrote on 3/22/2025, 10:17 AM

@Can-Dive

Hi

. . . . Once I'm happy with my program settings, I can make a copy of the ini file, rename it .bak and it will be used if I need to reset my defaults?  . . . .

AFAIK the reset does not use the .bak file.

I copy the ini file, to a backup folder on another drive, restoration is just a matter of dropping the backup copy into the appropriate location, no renaming necessary.

. . . . I suppose if there is an update or something and the .bak becomes incompatible for some reason, I can always delete the ini and the system will regenerate a new default? Am I correct in my logic? . . .

That is correct, in fact deleting the ini file is an option if the program reset does not work.

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 24H2 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.

Can-Dive wrote on 3/24/2025, 11:16 AM

@johnebaker

AFAIK the reset does not use the .bak file.

Yes, you are right, I now understand it does not use the .bak file. This .bak file is created when you restore the default settings. The .bak is actually the previous settings that were replaced by the default.

Thanks!

SevCardy wrote on 4/17/2025, 5:18 PM

@Can-Dive

I found an easier way to change the default Media Pool display mode without resetting everything else (for VPX15 in my case). Look for the [ExplorerV3_Tab0] section in the .ini file. If, for example, you want to set the default display mode for the "My Videos" folder each time the program is run, change the line

View for My Videos Directory=<number>

The number should be 1 for List, 2 for Details, and 3 for Large Icons. E.g.

View for My Videos Directory=2

defaults to "Details".

You can change the defaults for other directories too. As a matter of interest, mine were all stuck on "Large Icons" . REMEMBER TO BACK UP THE .INI FILE BEFORE CHANGING IT!!!

Changing the display mode in the program does not appear to change it in the .ini file.

Sev.

johnebaker wrote on 4/17/2025, 8:06 PM

@SevCardy

Hi Sev

. . . . I found an easier way to change the default Media Pool display mode without resetting everything else . . . .

You may find that VPX ignores this setting and reverts to List view.

I received a belated reply from a Support request I made before my last post above on 21/03/2025 on this very issue on Monday, and the program reset is the only fix.

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 24H2 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.

SevCardy wrote on 4/18/2025, 9:34 AM

@johnebaker

You may find that VPX ignores this setting and reverts to List view.

I received a belated reply from a Support request I made before my last post above on 21/03/2025 on this very issue on Monday, and the program reset is the only fix.

John EB.

I think we were talking about two slightly different things. Up until this morning (see below) I too believed that the only way to get back to the original situation (where the last selected view for each type of file was restored whenever the program was started) was to reset the program settings. We faced the situation where instead the program was displaying all files in one particular view mode regardless of how they were being displayed when the program was last closed. Bizarrely, in my case it was always in Large Icons view, whereas @Can-Dive seemed to be stuck in List view.

My work-around was not to return to the original behaviour of the program, but to change the fixed view mode used when the program starts, so that in my case I was happier for it to always start in Details view rather than in Large Icons view. When I changed the .ini file setting for the My Videos directory, it worked perfectly through several restarts of the program, and worked again first thing this morning.

I then decided to make the same change for My Audio, My Photos, and ProjectBrowser. Somewhere in the testing I realised that the program has reverted to the original behaviour, i.e. was now starting up with each of these directories being displayed in the last view used before the program was closed. That's an even better solution for me, but I have no idea how I achieved it!! No doubt the behaviour will eventually change again, but at least I've learnt a bit about how the settings are saved and used.

Sev

johnebaker wrote on 4/18/2025, 2:46 PM

@SevCardy

Hi

. . . . I think we were talking about two slightly different things. . . . .

We are talking about the same thing.

I have been doing what you suggested for a very long time, with both MEP/MMS and VPX, changing the icon type options from 1 to 3. I also change all the folder locations directly in the ini file, copy and paste from a 'master file' is much quicker than doing it in program.

. . . . Look for the [ExplorerV3_Tab0] section in the .ini file . . . .

There is a second set of parameters in [ExplorerV3_Tab3]

VPX and MEP started ignoring the settings, relatively recently, and no matter what I did to the ini file, the setting was ignored and in some cases reset to 1, hence my support request to Magix.

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 24H2 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.

Can-Dive wrote on 4/22/2025, 3:22 AM

@SevCardy

Thanks for your suggestion. I tested it on VPX16 but the changed setting was ignored as @johnebaker has confirmed.  I then changed the setting on an older version; VPX11 and the result was how you described. So, for previous versions of VPX, a user can apply this hack but for VPX16 it has no effect. Now, the system remembers the last setting when closed. I made my original post because I noticed that the program stopped doing this. The solution is to restore an ini file previously saved as suggested by @johnebaker or reset the default settings. If resetting the program defaults, one can apply @AAProds suggestion of pasting the folder link section which was previously saved in a text file.

Thanks again for your contribution. It is helpful for those with older versions of VPX.🙂

SevCardy wrote on 4/23/2025, 1:00 PM

@Can-Dive Thanks. I'm using VPX15, so that explains why my "fix" works for me but not for you guys. Thanks for taking the time to check this, I hate a mystery!