How to I convert MXV video files to a different format such as MP4?

Danny-Crawford wrote on 5/28/2024, 1:06 PM

Hello,

I purchased Magix Movies on DVD 7 (I think is was the forerunner of "Rescue Your Videotapes!") back in 2009 and transferred several hours of video to my computer hard-drives. As a result, I now have a folder full of .mxv video files that I would like to transfer to a more universal format such as MP4, .mov, .wmv etc. so that I can share some of the video with friends and family. My understanding is that the .mxv file extension is pretty much unique to Magix files. So....what Magix product do I need in order to convert the .mxv files to one of those formats? (I can't find the original box or CD for "Movies on DVD7" but even if I had it, I read a post that says it isn't compatible with Windows 10. I don't even remember if it had conversion capabilites.)
Thanks!

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SP. wrote on 5/28/2024, 1:40 PM

@Danny-Crawford These files can be opened by the Magix Movie Studio/Rescue your Videotapes line of software. I don't know if they will load in Magix Vegas. You can then can export them to a different format.

Please try the demo version from Magix.com

Danny-Crawford wrote on 5/29/2024, 1:05 AM

Thanks for the feedback! I will give that a try!

ericlnz wrote on 5/29/2024, 2:37 AM

Not sure where Vegas comes into this. If the mxv files can be imported into Magix Movie Studio why not export from there as mp4? Seems simple or have I missed something?

AAProds wrote on 5/29/2024, 7:12 AM

@Danny-Crawford

Danny, some things to consider:

Rescue Your VTs has, as it's editor, the Video Easy program, which is quite limited compared to Movie Studio. No timeline mode, reduced export options and reduced numbers of effects to name some. You'll also get a digitiser dongle, which you may not want. And you can't get a trial of RYVT.

Unfortunately, there is a bug in the current versions of Movie Studio, in that it will not read analogue AVIs, including MXVs correctly. It imports them as 5:4, not 4:3, so they are squashed horizontally. There is a workaround, which almost cures the issue by manually changing the video's display aspect ratio to 1.33 (the correct AR, 1.3333 recurring being 4:3, isn't accepted by the program).

Because of the much better editing capability of Movie Studio, it is the one I would recommend. The trial is limited in some ways but you'll get the idea of the timeline.

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

Danny-Crawford wrote on 5/29/2024, 10:31 AM

Very helpful info! Thanks!