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AAProds wrote on 8/9/2023, 10:25 AM

@Helge-Johnson

Could you please advise the name of the program you're using and also the version number (Help>About).

If you're on a recent version of Magix:

Something you can check: on the Burn screen, do you have any video when you use the virtual remote control on the left (ensure "Preview" is active at top-left of screen?

This won't help you solve your missing picture but will save you disks: when selecting the burner (item 1) choose "image recorder". Magix will then create an ISO that you can open with VLC Player to check your "burnt" or, I should say, created DVD before you actually burn it to a physical disk.

 

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

Various other SSD and HDDs.

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

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

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

Helge-Johnson wrote on 8/12/2023, 9:47 AM

I'm using Magix Movie Studio 2024. Do I have to get a special codex to code MPEG4?

emmrecs wrote on 8/13/2023, 8:15 AM

@Helge-Johnson

Welcome to the Magix user to user forums.

Which edition of Movie Studio 2024?

The mp4 codec is a once-only purchase.

However, you cannot burn an mp4 file direct to a DVD and have it play as a normal DVD. The format of video files has to be mp2, along with a number of data files which the DVD player requires in order to properly read the disc.

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, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition 3, CS6 and CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam

Helge-Johnson wrote on 8/13/2023, 10:18 AM

Can I burn the mpeg 4 files direct to a blueray disk?

emmrecs wrote on 8/13/2023, 11:37 AM

@Helge-Johnson

Can I burn the mpeg 4 files direct to a blueray disk?

If you want to be able to play the disc on a Blu-ray player then no, sorry.

Jeff

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, Samplitude Pro X7 Suite, Reaper, Adobe Audition 3, CS6 and CC, 2 x Canon HG10 cameras, 1 x Canon EOS 600D, Akaso EK7000 Pro Action Cam