Hi

I have had an answer from Magix - in summary - QA are currently testing all current generation products and there will be updates to address potential Win 10 problems for at least the current generation products,

When I get further news I will post it in the forum.

HTH

John EB

Hi to all

AND GOOD NEWS,.                                                                                                                            Maybe the mods would make this a sticky as it will keep coming up regarding windows 10 issues.

Below is the response I recieved from Magix Support, It is clear they are working on the issues, like all other software developers who now have the same challenges regarding the impending rollout of Windows 10.

The Good news is, we won't be dumped, but we can not expect miracles either, I guess it all depends on how much the final Windows 10 differs from what we are currently using, Its not a Magix software related problem, though at least now we know this company are trying to get us through.

This is their un-cut response, I was going to remove the parts pertaining Specifically to Windows 10, but decided they actually better explain the prediciment software developers are in regarding W10.

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MAGIX Support <support@magix.net> wrote ..
> Dear Mr. Rodgers,
>
> Thank you for your message.
>
> During the past few month, people in our development and QA department have
> already been investing time into testing our current products with the
> pre-release version of Windows 10 available to us. From what I understand,
> this has actually been working pretty well for the most part. Naturally, the
> operating system hasn't been officially released yet and is still subject to
> constant change. If we come across issues, we will endeavour to address them.
> Whether or not there will be a problem resulting from the removal of WMP with
> regard to specific program functionality (e.g. MP3 export) and whether this is
> already known and being addressed, I cannot tell you for sure. I've raised
> this question with our testers at QA and am standing by for their feedback.
> Please note that this has little to do with the software not "standing on its
> own two feet". WMP and the related libraries were an integral part of the
> Windows operating system whose functionality developers on this platform were
> open and encouraged to use, just like any other component, library and API in
> the operating system. If you're trying to imply application developers
> couldn't or shouldn't do such a thing, you'd need to provide your own
> operating system with every application by that logic. The truth is that
> operating systems can change, rendering older products incompatible. It has
> happened before, and will happen again with every new Windows generation. As
> discussed, we will try to address such issues for our current software.
>
> I hope this information helps.

Hi

There seems to be an issue regarding activation of the Mpeg4 codecs that have already been activated in an earlier version of Windows, according to some German and French users. The workaround appears to be to Right click the programs .EXE or short cut and select "Run as administrator". After doing this once the program susequently runs the Mpeg4 files without asking for activation.

There is a new patch out for VDL / MEP2015 but it does not mention W10 in the release notes so I am not sure if it addresses the above or other W10 issues.

Ss

Hi Trying

Not sure why support are refering to the loss of Windows Media Player and hence the loss of the MP3 codec because WMP is still part of W10. Maybe they are getting confused with Windows Media Center which is no more?

Ss