Hi,

Your post is woefully sparse on useful information, but I took you to mean that you start the clip playing in one of the normal ways that John summarised and then when you drag the start or end points the playing stops. If so, the answer is No.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK

Sorry if I didnt explain fully. I am placing a clip on the timeline, I am then placing the pointer at the beginning of the clip until the pointer changes to the vertical line with arrows and then dragging to position where I want the clip to start/end. As I do so the preview window runs through the clip so I can see whats happening.

In Magix 15 which I have used previously this works fine. In Magix 18 this doesnt happen. I have to drag the orange time marker line over the clip instead and then shorten the clip by dragging the start/end points.

Hi

That is what should happen.  Try doing a program reset - File, Settings Reset program settings  to default.

Hopefully this will cure the problem - however will lose any customised settings eg the folder paths etc and you will have to redo them

John

Thanks, I've done that but it still doesnt work. I will try a reinstall to see if that helps.

Hi

Is your MEP patched to the latest version - 11.0.5.0 UDC2 ? If not update the program.

Before re-installing use Windows Explorer to search for videodeluxe.ini - include hidden and system folders - the one you want is the biggest in file size - delete it.  Start MEP and see if this fixes the problem.

If you do a re-install make sure you run the Magix cleaner tool available here before you install again otherwise you are wasting your time.

John