What is Movie Edit Pro 2021?

Canaan wrote on 12/19/2023, 5:27 AM

Magix sent me an offer to buy Movie Edit Pro 2021, but I can't find any info on their website. Is it a "legacy" product? I've seen video tutorials and comments going back 3 years.

So what is the latest version of Movie Edit (Studio?) and how does it differ from Movie Edit Pro 2021? I also see a myriad of other products (Movie Studio, Video Pro = Vegas Pro/same price?, Vegas Pro Post, etc.), that look essentially the same. How do these differ?

Is it worth buying the old version or wait to get the latest 2023 (or 2024) version?

Comments

johnebaker wrote on 12/19/2023, 5:55 AM

@Canaan

Hi

Movie Edit Pro has been rebranded to Magix Movie Studio following the dropping of Vegas Movie Studio development by Vegas Creative Software.

The current version is Magix Movie Studio 2024.

. . . . Is it worth buying the old version or wait to get the latest 2023 (or 2024) version? . . . .

If you are/were a user of Vegas Movie Studio you will find the 2 programs are very different in both appearance, workflow and features/effects avaialble. To keep the same layout and workflow you would need to move to Vegas Pro Edit
 

If you have an older version of Movie Edit Pro, then you would qualify for the Upgrade price for Magix Movie Studio (MMS) 2024, personally I would not consider buying the older 2021 version, it is now out of support.

However you do need to take into account the system requirements for MMS 2024, and the video resolution and encoding formats you are working with or likely to work with.

The system requirements here are the minimum for the program.

Working with 2.7K or higher resolution video, would benefit from a more powerful system for a better editing experience eg smoother Preview playback and export speeds.

See my Signature for the specs of my systems for working with 4K UHD (3840 * 2160) video.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

emmrecs wrote on 12/19/2023, 6:53 AM

@Canaan

Welcome to the Magix user to user forums.

Are you sure it was Magix who sent you that offer? MEP 2021 is now an old version, the latest is Movie Studio 2024 so I am very surprised if MEP 2021 is even still available for sale.

Video Pro X (currently 15) is the latest version of that software; Vegas Pro and its various "editions" are part of the Magix Vegas range of products. The forum for those is here.

Should you decide to buy Movie Studio 2024 do ensure first that your computer at least meets the minimum specifications listed here. Preferably it should exceed them by some margin if your editing experience is to be anything like smooth!

HTH

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

Canaan wrote on 12/19/2023, 8:28 AM

Thanks. We have Vegas Pro already.

But (as a homeschool charity), I was thinking a cheaper, more basic version could be made available for the younger kids. We have an Asus gaming PC, so the specs are good enough for HD definition, no need for anything higher than this.

Magix offered us a Movie Edit 2021 license for $15. The link goes to a hidden part of their website, it seems.

I did a search and found that Movie Studio 2024 is $60. But on the Magix website, I only see Movie Studio Platinum for $70 and Suite for $80. Ultimate is the same price as Vegas Pro Edit ($200).

But it's a 3-year-old, unsupported product. Even $15 may simply be a waste of money if some of the parents subsequently purchase Movie Studio for use at home and our respective versions are incompatible, or substantially different in use and functionality.

So I still don't know what it is in comparison to the newer version (and how the newer versions differ from each and from Vegas)...

🤓

CubeAce wrote on 12/19/2023, 9:41 AM

@Canaan

Hi.

Basically any old Vegas project will not open fully in a newer Magix version. All you will get is the video clips loaded in the order they were placed in the Vegas version. Any effects or types of cross fades will not be applied even in the latest (2024) version. I'm fairly sure the 2021 version you are being offered by Magix will not even open any Vegas project at all as my 2022 version can't.

Ray,

 

 

 

Windows 10 Enterprise. Version 22H2 OS build 19045.5011

Direct X 12.1 latest hardware updates for Western Digital hard drives.

Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming motherboard Rev 1.xx with Supreme FX inboard audio using the S1220A code. Driver No 6.0.8960.1 Bios version 1401

Intel i9900K Coffee Lake 3.6 to 5.1GHz CPU with Intel UHD 630 Graphics .Driver version Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2130 for 7th-10th Gen Intel® with 64GB of 3200MHz Corsair DDR4 ram.

1000 watt EVGA modular power supply.

1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. nVidia Studio driver version 560.81 - 3584xCUDA cores Direct X 12.1. Memory interface 192bit Memory bandwidth 360.05GB/s 12GB of dedicated GDDR6 video memory, shared system memory 16307MB PCi Express x8 Gen3. Two Samsung 27" LED SA350 monitors with 5000000:1 contrast ratios at 60Hz.

Running MMS 2024 Suite v 23.0.1.182 (UDP3) and VPX 14 - v20.0.3.180 (UDP3)

M Audio Axiom AIR Mini MIDI keyboard Ver 5.10.0.3507

VXP 14, MMS 2024 Suite, Vegas Studio 16, Vegas Pro 18, Cubase 4. CS6, NX Studio, Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Mixcraft Pro 10 Studio.

Audio System 5 x matched bi-wired 150 watt Tannoy Reveal speakers plus one Tannoy 15" 250 watt sub with 5.1 class A amplifier. Tuned to room with Tannoy audio application.

Ram Acoustic Studio speakers amplified by NAD amplifier.

Rogers LS7 speakers run from Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier

Schrodinger's Backup. "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted."

AAProds wrote on 12/20/2023, 7:46 PM

@Canaan

But it's a 3-year-old, unsupported product. Even $15 may simply be a waste of money if some of the parents subsequently purchase Movie Studio for use at home and our respective versions are incompatible, or substantially different in use and functionality.

It certainly will be a waste of money. MEP 2021 (and alter versions of the Magix program, "Magix Movie Studio" is a completely different animal to the Vegas program you have at school and they are not compatible in any practical way.

If you want compatibility at home, you'll need to stick with a Vegas-branded program such as an old copy of Vegas Movie Studio v16 or earlier, or go the Vegas Pro Edit route.

Last changed by AAProds on 12/20/2023, 7:46 PM, changed a total of 1 times.

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

Canaan wrote on 12/20/2023, 8:34 PM

Thank you, everyone.

We decided to stretch for the latest MMS Suite (the extra $5/$10 for what seems to be $500 of proDad effects is a bargain). The kids will probably have a lot of fun with it.

And we have Vegas Pro for our in-house training and promotional videos.

😎

Sonny-G wrote on 6/1/2024, 11:28 AM

Greetings, same original problem have email (FROM Magix.com) to purchase Movie Edit Pro 2021, but can not locate it anywhere on site. This is looking like bait & switch to me. Someone please give me the link to where I can buy it for the email advertised price please.

 

MAGIX

www.magix.com

Visit site

Movie Edit Pro for only US$14.99 (regularly US$69.99) 🎬

xxxxxxxxxxx/Inbox

MAGIX 

www.magix.com

From:news@letter.magix.com

To:sonnyxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx

PATIENT-X wrote on 6/1/2024, 1:06 PM

@Sonny-G

Hello welcome

It's hard to believe Magix would sell a three year old product even at a discount, the fact that you cannot find it, be careful it's not a scam email?

I would contact infoservice@magix.net to make sure the source is from them.

Stephen

Forum Moderator

Last changed by PATIENT-X on 6/1/2024, 1:09 PM, changed a total of 2 times.

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CubeAce wrote on 6/1/2024, 1:24 PM

@Sonny-G

Also welcome to the user to user forums.

I have never received an email from Magix that ended in .com Be wary of replying to such an email. The only such offer at present is for Magix Movie Studio 2024 and is on the main website.

Ray.

 

Windows 10 Enterprise. Version 22H2 OS build 19045.5011

Direct X 12.1 latest hardware updates for Western Digital hard drives.

Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming motherboard Rev 1.xx with Supreme FX inboard audio using the S1220A code. Driver No 6.0.8960.1 Bios version 1401

Intel i9900K Coffee Lake 3.6 to 5.1GHz CPU with Intel UHD 630 Graphics .Driver version Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2130 for 7th-10th Gen Intel® with 64GB of 3200MHz Corsair DDR4 ram.

1000 watt EVGA modular power supply.

1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. nVidia Studio driver version 560.81 - 3584xCUDA cores Direct X 12.1. Memory interface 192bit Memory bandwidth 360.05GB/s 12GB of dedicated GDDR6 video memory, shared system memory 16307MB PCi Express x8 Gen3. Two Samsung 27" LED SA350 monitors with 5000000:1 contrast ratios at 60Hz.

Running MMS 2024 Suite v 23.0.1.182 (UDP3) and VPX 14 - v20.0.3.180 (UDP3)

M Audio Axiom AIR Mini MIDI keyboard Ver 5.10.0.3507

VXP 14, MMS 2024 Suite, Vegas Studio 16, Vegas Pro 18, Cubase 4. CS6, NX Studio, Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Mixcraft Pro 10 Studio.

Audio System 5 x matched bi-wired 150 watt Tannoy Reveal speakers plus one Tannoy 15" 250 watt sub with 5.1 class A amplifier. Tuned to room with Tannoy audio application.

Ram Acoustic Studio speakers amplified by NAD amplifier.

Rogers LS7 speakers run from Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier

Schrodinger's Backup. "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted."

ericlnz wrote on 6/1/2024, 6:27 PM
 

I have never received an email from Magix that ended in .com

@CubeAce I do regularly. Here's one today for Music Maker

AAProds wrote on 6/1/2024, 9:17 PM

I think Magix.com is legit; I got this from them a couple of days ago (an ad for MMS 2025):

To: magix@xxxx.net
Subject: Get 33% off the brand-new version today!
From: "Movie Studio 2025 Suite" <news@letter.magix.com>

Definitely from Magix.

Why they're sending out links to MEP 2021 is a mystery.
 

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

CubeAce wrote on 6/1/2024, 9:52 PM

@ericlnz @AAProds

Ah! I'm not subscribed to the newsletters. I still get offers though.

They probably haven't. Emails can be faked by very clever people. I have even had one with my own email address sent to me but my service provider put in my spam folder with a warning attached saying they could not trace the source of the email.

Last changed by CubeAce on 6/1/2024, 9:56 PM, changed a total of 2 times.

 

Windows 10 Enterprise. Version 22H2 OS build 19045.5011

Direct X 12.1 latest hardware updates for Western Digital hard drives.

Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming motherboard Rev 1.xx with Supreme FX inboard audio using the S1220A code. Driver No 6.0.8960.1 Bios version 1401

Intel i9900K Coffee Lake 3.6 to 5.1GHz CPU with Intel UHD 630 Graphics .Driver version Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2130 for 7th-10th Gen Intel® with 64GB of 3200MHz Corsair DDR4 ram.

1000 watt EVGA modular power supply.

1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. nVidia Studio driver version 560.81 - 3584xCUDA cores Direct X 12.1. Memory interface 192bit Memory bandwidth 360.05GB/s 12GB of dedicated GDDR6 video memory, shared system memory 16307MB PCi Express x8 Gen3. Two Samsung 27" LED SA350 monitors with 5000000:1 contrast ratios at 60Hz.

Running MMS 2024 Suite v 23.0.1.182 (UDP3) and VPX 14 - v20.0.3.180 (UDP3)

M Audio Axiom AIR Mini MIDI keyboard Ver 5.10.0.3507

VXP 14, MMS 2024 Suite, Vegas Studio 16, Vegas Pro 18, Cubase 4. CS6, NX Studio, Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Mixcraft Pro 10 Studio.

Audio System 5 x matched bi-wired 150 watt Tannoy Reveal speakers plus one Tannoy 15" 250 watt sub with 5.1 class A amplifier. Tuned to room with Tannoy audio application.

Ram Acoustic Studio speakers amplified by NAD amplifier.

Rogers LS7 speakers run from Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier

Schrodinger's Backup. "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted."

ericlnz wrote on 6/1/2024, 10:16 PM

@Sonny-G What is the date of your strange MEP2021 email from Magix?

Sonny-G wrote on 6/2/2024, 12:36 AM

Sat, Jun 1 at 2:22 AM, there's also this link provided in case "it doesn't display properly in your email:

https://link.letter.magix.com/u/gm.php?prm=xCAAHh8iD5_760557976_2163050_314&_esuh=_11_4784df9952258e77f8df51172de7664ec38012a2f55c1eea3f354389b5219b25, this just shows the info on the 2021 version software and price..

johnebaker wrote on 6/2/2024, 3:45 AM

@Sonny-G

Hi

The link you have posted is available only to you, can you post a screenshot of the open message, after removing any personal information such as email address etc.

John EB
Forum Moderator

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.

Sonny-G wrote on 6/2/2024, 6:03 AM

The link in the pictures are everywhere on this screen. Click on almost anything and it takes me directly to magix.com

https://link.letter.magix.com/u/nrd.php?p=xCAAHh8iD5_314_2163050_1_177&ems_l=3275093&i=1&d=Mjc4ODk4Njc3%7CeENBQUhoOGlENQ%3D%3D%7CMjAyNDA2MDFfMTEwNV9hdXRvX25ld2N1c3QtVUwyX1ZEY2xjXzFfVVBTX1BJRDIxMjUwMw%3D%3D%7CSU1BR0UrbW92aWUtZWRpdC1wcm8tMjAyMS1lbi00MDAucG5n%7CZW4tVVM%3D%7CNDk0NjNlNGM3YmE3YTI3NWRjYmVmOTNjNTU0MGRjZDJlZjI2ZjE0ZmY3MWMxNjgyOGVkY2M1ZDZmZjJiZDhhOQ%3D%3D%7CNDk0NjNlNGM3YmE3YTI3NWRjYmVmOTNjNTU0MGRjZDJlZjI2ZjE0ZmY3MWMxNjgyOGVkY2M1ZDZmZjJiZDhhOQ%3D%3D%7C&_esuh=_11_0b23601f4e834d958319d0d55116608ac84bb8c5bc06789fe708debd8b453943

ericlnz wrote on 6/2/2024, 6:05 AM

Sat, Jun 1 at 2:22 AM, there's also this link provided in case "it doesn't display properly in your email:

Be aware that the time shown is probably your local time. Anyway I asked as I wondered if it was an old email but presumably not although it doesn't show the year.

ericlnz wrote on 6/2/2024, 6:10 AM

That's a strange "V' icon shown in Sonny-G's image Did MEP ever use that? It looks more like a Vegas icon.

CubeAce wrote on 6/2/2024, 6:31 AM

@Sonny-G @ericlnz

The blue link takes me to the MMS 2025 page on the website.

 

Windows 10 Enterprise. Version 22H2 OS build 19045.5011

Direct X 12.1 latest hardware updates for Western Digital hard drives.

Asus ROG STRIX Z390-F Gaming motherboard Rev 1.xx with Supreme FX inboard audio using the S1220A code. Driver No 6.0.8960.1 Bios version 1401

Intel i9900K Coffee Lake 3.6 to 5.1GHz CPU with Intel UHD 630 Graphics .Driver version Graphics Driver 31.0.101.2130 for 7th-10th Gen Intel® with 64GB of 3200MHz Corsair DDR4 ram.

1000 watt EVGA modular power supply.

1 x 250GB Evo 970 NVMe: drive for C: drive backup 1 x 1TB Sabrent NVMe drive for Operating System / Programs only. 1X WD BLACK 1TB internal SATA 7,200rpm hard drives.1 for internal projects, 1 for Library clips/sounds/music/stills./backup of working projects. 1x500GB SSD current project only drive, 2x WD RED 2TB drives for latest footage storage. Total 21TB of 8 external WD drives for backup.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. nVidia Studio driver version 560.81 - 3584xCUDA cores Direct X 12.1. Memory interface 192bit Memory bandwidth 360.05GB/s 12GB of dedicated GDDR6 video memory, shared system memory 16307MB PCi Express x8 Gen3. Two Samsung 27" LED SA350 monitors with 5000000:1 contrast ratios at 60Hz.

Running MMS 2024 Suite v 23.0.1.182 (UDP3) and VPX 14 - v20.0.3.180 (UDP3)

M Audio Axiom AIR Mini MIDI keyboard Ver 5.10.0.3507

VXP 14, MMS 2024 Suite, Vegas Studio 16, Vegas Pro 18, Cubase 4. CS6, NX Studio, Mixcraft 9 Recording Studio. Mixcraft Pro 10 Studio.

Audio System 5 x matched bi-wired 150 watt Tannoy Reveal speakers plus one Tannoy 15" 250 watt sub with 5.1 class A amplifier. Tuned to room with Tannoy audio application.

Ram Acoustic Studio speakers amplified by NAD amplifier.

Rogers LS7 speakers run from Cambridge Audio P50 amplifier

Schrodinger's Backup. "The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted."

ericlnz wrote on 6/2/2024, 6:40 AM

Looks like Magix Sales & Marketing made an error and sent out the wrong image and text!

Sonny-G wrote on 6/2/2024, 7:10 AM

Kind of why I was feeling like there was a bait and switch pulled on me

AAProds wrote on 6/2/2024, 7:24 AM

@ericlnz

That's a strange "V' icon shown in Sonny-G's image Did MEP ever use that? It looks more like a Vegas icon.

That's MEP 2021's icon. I have it installed; here it is beside MMS 2025:

 

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

johnebaker wrote on 6/2/2024, 8:19 AM

@ericlnz

Hi

In addition to @AAProds comment, the V icon is for the European name of Movie Edit Pro/Movie Studio = VideoDeluxe, you will see this in the German forum usually referred to as VDL.

The program is named for the appropriate region, however the executable is videodeluxe.exe

John EB

VPX 16, Movie Studio 2025, and earlier versions 2015 and 2016, Music Maker Premium 2024.

PC - running Windows 11 23H2 Professional on Intel i7-8700K 3.2 GHz, 16GB RAM, RTX 2060 6GB 192-bit GDDR6, 1 x 1Tb Sabrent NVME SSD (OS and programs), 2 x 4TB (Data) internal HDD + 1TB internal SSD (Work disc), + 6 ext backup HDDs.

Laptop - Lenovo Legion 5i Phantom - running Windows 11 23H2 on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB DDR4-SDRAM, 512GB SSD, 43.9 cm screen Full HD 1920 x 1080, Intel UHD 630 iGPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB GDDR6)

Sony FDR-AX53e Video camera, DJI Osmo Action 3 and Sony HDR-AS30V Sports cams.