Screen Recording question

terence-park wrote on 8/30/2023, 5:33 PM

I have been recording videos as well as audio for a number of years - having run products such as Pinnacle Studio 8, Ulead Video Studio 9 and Debut Video Capture... and having seen Magix Movie Edit Pro (2021) as a bargain price, I went and bought it. Having gone through the installation process I decided to trial screen recording using one of my dual monitors which are at 1080 x 1920 - I run Windows 10 Pro-64 bit on 16 Gb RAM with DirectX12 with both monitors NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 (I'm not a tech head - these are just what DXDiag spat out). So anyhow not a great system but adequate for Photoshop, Excel, Word, some gaming, Crunchyroll etc.
Having got the help file up I determined that screen recording comes in the popup title 'Please select the recording method'. This popup has seven options of which it should be the third - unfortunately my 'Please select the the recording method' has only six options and the missing option is 'Screen'.
I know this sounds inane but I just expected it to - well work. Could I have, by any chance, missed something obvious... eg configuring the screen?

Note - I haven't rebooted the PC since installation as I'm in the middle of a project - could it be as simple as that?

If anyone has any input on this it would be gratefully received. I can provide screenshots

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Former user wrote on 8/30/2023, 6:24 PM

@terence-park Hi, yes you should have a 7th option Screen, save your work, reboot your system then come back 👍

CubeAce wrote on 8/30/2023, 7:05 PM

@terence-park @Former user

Hi and welcome to the user to user forums.

There were three versions of Movie Edit Pro. The basic version, Movie Edit Pro (which was the basic version) does not have a screen record function so not missing. Screen recording was only available in the Plus and Premium versions.

Ray.

Former user wrote on 8/30/2023, 7:07 PM

@CubeAce 👍 Long long time since i had a basic version 👍

terence-park wrote on 8/31/2023, 12:55 PM

terence-park wrote on 8/31/2023, 12:59 PM

@terence-park @Former user

Hi and welcome to the user to user forums.

There were three versions of Movie Edit Pro. The basic version, Movie Edit Pro (which was the basic version) does not have a screen record function so not missing. Screen recording was only available in the Plus and Premium versions.

Ray.

Hi Ray

I looks like I have the Magix Movie Edit Pro version which is a pity as I can see in the user manual the seven options - including the one missing from my version. Looks Like I'm back with ClipChamp and Debut Video Capture. A pity.
Anyway after rebooting this doesn't improve. A pity - that's to say as a self-published author, I fancied the flexibility of being able to do more things in one place. Ahhh - such is life.

Thanks for coming back to me

Former user wrote on 8/31/2023, 1:11 PM

@terence-park Hi, I don't use the screen capture option, I use Nvidia Geforce, Alt+F1 takes a screen grab, Alt+F9 video records the screen. I don't know if it works on any pc with any graphics card,

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/geforce-experience/

terence-park wrote on 8/31/2023, 1:36 PM

@terence-park Hi, I don't use the screen capture option, I use Nvidia Geforce, Alt+F1 takes a screen grab, Alt+F9 video records the screen. I don't know if it works on any pc with any graphics card,

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/geforce-experience/

My Nvidia ain't up to that but I do use the Gamebar alongside <Windows><Alt> + R - a combination which hasn't always been reliable. Heigh-ho - nothing's perfect.

On a completely unrelated note, I fined the Captcha to get on here a complete turn off. As a Magix customer for the past 15 years it's definitely a retrograde step.

CubeAce wrote on 8/31/2023, 2:36 PM

@terence-park

Hi.

Even though I do have the option to screen record in my version I prefer OSB Studio.(Free).

Like @Former user I prefer to have more recording options than the Magix option has. I know one or two users like the Magix screen recorder and use it and I can see some of the appeal but it's not that inconvenient to start a second application. Also the Magix screen recorder only records to MXV files which can only be read by the program so then has to be exported from the editor to a usable video format. That may be a bad or good thing but either way an extra step so no real advantage I can see over using an external screen recorder.

Ray.

CubeAce wrote on 8/31/2023, 2:37 PM

@terence-park

Hi.

I'm not having to log in every time I visit. Just close the web page and don't log out.

Ray.

Former user wrote on 8/31/2023, 2:45 PM

@CubeAce On my old PC I used MMS capture a couple of times, but on this PC for some reason (I did look into it & can't remember why) I don't have an audio option that works,

To be honest I gave up trying, to record the screen using MMS I have to open MMS & go through the procedure. Using Geforce I don't have to open anything, I just click Alt+F9 & it records the screen whatever window I have open, bar some Videos like some YT, I never know which will record so I do a quick test run to see if I get the image or just a black screen. My alternative is Vegas that records anything on the screen with sound if I need to,

CubeAce wrote on 8/31/2023, 2:59 PM

@Former user

Hi Gid.

The RealTek Stereo mix is disabled and hidden by default in Windows.

Try right clicking the area within the record sound tab and make sure the Show Disabled Devices is ticked and the Show Disconnected Devices is ticked.

The Stereo Mix then should be enabled and able to be selected within the recording section of MSS or VPX after choosing your default recording device. You still also need to have the mic input active.

Ray.

Former user wrote on 8/31/2023, 3:37 PM

@CubeAce I'm now remembering going through this & Stereo Mix isn't available, My PC motherboard has a server history & the GPU has no integrated graphics, I did search for an audio chipset... I just don't think Stereo Mix is an option or so far haven't found it, I might be able to change the driver but I'd just mess things up, 🤦‍♂️😂

I'm not sure if the correct driver is installed, 🤷‍♂️

CubeAce wrote on 8/31/2023, 4:12 PM

@Former user

Hi Gid.

Argh! AMD vs Intel. I don't know enough about AMD motherboards but why is the RealTek showing as a USB device? Is the audio chip not on the motherboard?

Ray.

Former user wrote on 8/31/2023, 4:44 PM

@CubeAce 🤷‍♂️😂

It's a bit beyond me this motherboard

Overclockers

Asus website

CubeAce wrote on 8/31/2023, 5:20 PM

@Former user

Hi Gid.

What have you set the sampling rates to on the inputs and outputs. Some things don't work as well and some functions go missing in Windows at higher sampling rates. I have my inputs outputs all set to 24 bit 48KHz. Your chip set has one more higher sampling rate setting than mine. Otherwise they look identical.

Also try disconnecting/ disabling the wireless headphones and if you get access to the Stereo Mix at that point try keeping that open while you reconnect the headphones. I still don't understand why the RealTek should be reading USB. It shouldn't as far as I can make out.

The latest RealTek driver should be on the help page for your motherboard. I can't find any other tech specs that would separate the abilities of the two chips. I do like that motherboard though. I'd love that many PCIe lanes. I think it's one reason your system is so capable.

Ray.