@Darren-Shotton

Hi.

Your phone works better because it has a newer processor type than your computer and is designed for the operating system it works on. Once a phone gets to a certain age, normally more than four to six years old it can no longer use newer versions of Android or if an iPhone the newer Apple operating system. That's if the battery has lasted that long.

ARM processors used in all smart phones have proven to be more efficient than either Intel of AMD processors and both are scrabbling to catch up with chiplet designs which will eventually catch up over the next few years as the Microsoft operating system slowly transfers how it works. Windows has to always be slightly backwards compatible to allow older machines to run for a while. That is mainly for the benefit of businesses rather than the average consumer who collectively spend much less than corporations. Mobile phones on the other hand is more consumer lead and the difference in sales volumes makes change more rapid and people do seem to like to spend on newer phones than computers that are less so. Never think that any phone is ever more powerful than a top specified computer of the same generation. It isn't. It's just phones are much cheaper.

Yes there are a lot of free video editors out there but nearly all have limitations of not having as many transitions or effects or sometimes are limited to the resolutions or file formats they will work with. Such programs do not need much processing and will work faster than programs that do more as they do not multitask as much.

If you are bouncing the output of one video editor to another it means using copies and copies are never as good as the original files. Once you get to third or fourth generational copies degradation of the image or sound track can occur. Not always that noticeable if one is very careful, but then if working that way how is that quicker than waiting for one render?

Do not confuse Royalty free with copyright free. They are two different things and you need both for commercial use or you can use such a limited file buying a limited use copyright licence. Normally such basic licenses start at around $50.

Royalty free music file with Copyright rights can be found on the internet if needed but it will not stop certain people or companies from making claims, and having to defend against them is common. A copyright strike is not necessarily a bad thing that will prevent the video from being shown but if gone uncontested any proceedings the person that posted the video may earn from the video goes directly to the people who filed the copyright claim.

This is a user forum only so no Magix staff are ever present. So not 'our' software. Nor is it yours, you just own a licence for use. Look at the terms and conditions. It's the same for all modern software.

Ray.

Unless you had just the "right" components, Magix was an exporting dog. On my old system, Videoredo was 10 times faster encoding than Magix. Even reviews I read said it was slow.

Allegedly, the new "Infusion engine" has dramatically sped-up export times. I have no benchmarks to prove this though.