Windows O.S. will be upgraded in late 2025

robbiedaug wrote on 8/22/2024, 4:58 PM

Hi,

Okay so i have heard that by the end of 2025, Microsoft will upgrade Windows to a new operating system. That usually means some older software may not be compatible with the upgrade

I would like to upgrade my Movie Edit Pro 2015 with Magix's 60% discount on the Movie Edit Pro 2025 upgrade.

First, i can't find the link to upgrade my 2015 version to the newer (60% off) 2025 version. Can someone send me that link, please?

When i was in email contact with Magix in Germany today, i asked them for the 2025 link and there has been no response, maybe because it's nighttime in Germany, now?

Second, will Movie Edit 2015 upgraded to Movie Edit 2025 be compatible with Microsoft's new upgrade to Windows in late 2025?

 

Thanks

 

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browj2 wrote on 8/22/2024, 9:14 PM

@robbiedaug

Hi,

Just go to the Magix.com site. Select the upgrade for the perpetual version of Movie Studio Suite. The price will not get any lower than it is right now.

For your second question, what makes you think that any user on this forum would know the answer?

John CB

John C.B.

VideoPro X(16); Movie Studio 2024 Platinum; MM2024 with MM2023 Premium Edition; Samplitude Pro X8 Suite; see About me for more.

Desktop System - Windows 10 Pro 22H2; MB ROG STRIX B560-A Gaming WiFi; Graphics Card Zotac Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX-3060, PS; Power supply EVGA 750W; Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz (UHD Graphics 630); RAM 32 GB; OS on Kingston SSD 1TB; secondary WD 2TB; others 1.5TB, 3TB, 500GB, 4TB, 5TB, 6TB, 8TB; three monitors - HP 25" main, LG 4K 27" second, HP 27" third; Casio WK-225 piano keyboard; M-Audio M-Track USB mixer.

Notebook - Microsoft Surface Pro 4, i5-6300U, 8 GB RAM, 256 SSD, W10 Pro 20H2.

YouTube Channel: @JCBrownVideos

AAProds wrote on 8/22/2024, 9:55 PM

@robbiedaug

will Movie Edit 2015 upgraded to Movie Edit 2025 be compatible with Microsoft's new upgrade to Windows in late 2025?

Bet your bottom dollar it will be. Microsoft isn't going stop billions of programs running with an upgrade to Windows. In any case, in the extremely unlikely event there is a problem, Magix will, I'm sure, patch the programs PDQ (pretty damn quick).

So I'd rest easy. 👍

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

robbiedaug wrote on 8/22/2024, 9:57 PM

Hi browj2,

I went to the site and i see this:

"Select a purchase option

- Perpetual license - New purchase

- Perpetual license - Upgrade

- 1-year subscription / annual payment"

Ok, so seeing as i am using Movie Edit Pro 2015, if i select Perpetual license - Upgrade, will that upgrade my existing Movie Edit Pro, or is that option for someone who already has a version of "Movie Studio 2025 Suite"?

And if i select the Perpetual license - New purchase, will i then be using a different, other software called, Movie Studio 2025 Suite and still have the same Movie Edit Pro 2015 as it is or will Edit Pro and Movie Suite 2025 merge into one?

I am asking this because when i saw the upgrade offer popup on my screen, it looked to be an upgrade for Movie Edit Pro 2015. After all, that offer, if i remember correctly, popped up when i opened my Edit Pro 2015.

I just clicked on the UPGRADE link and tried to buy it and then, the whole double account issue surfaced that halted my purchase.

 

"For your second question, what makes you think that any user on this forum would know the answer?"

We never know unless we ask, right?

browj2 wrote on 8/22/2024, 10:11 PM

@robbiedaug

Further to your second question, this is the first that I have heard of " Microsoft's new upgrade to Windows in late 2025." I think that you mean Windows 11, which is the current version. As far as I know, MS will stop supporting W10 in late 2025, not come out with W12. Movie Studio 2025 already works on Windows 11.

The name Movie Edit Pro was changed to Movie Studio a couple of versions ago, that is all. You qualify for the upgrade to Movie Studio - any flavour - even Ultimate.

One additional comment, make sure that your system is able to handle the program. See the specifications/System Requirement on Magix.com for Movie Studio.

John CB

Last changed by browj2 on 8/22/2024, 10:15 PM, changed a total of 2 times.

John C.B.

VideoPro X(16); Movie Studio 2024 Platinum; MM2024 with MM2023 Premium Edition; Samplitude Pro X8 Suite; see About me for more.

Desktop System - Windows 10 Pro 22H2; MB ROG STRIX B560-A Gaming WiFi; Graphics Card Zotac Gaming NVIDIA GeForce RTX-3060, PS; Power supply EVGA 750W; Intel Core i7-10700K @ 3.80GHz (UHD Graphics 630); RAM 32 GB; OS on Kingston SSD 1TB; secondary WD 2TB; others 1.5TB, 3TB, 500GB, 4TB, 5TB, 6TB, 8TB; three monitors - HP 25" main, LG 4K 27" second, HP 27" third; Casio WK-225 piano keyboard; M-Audio M-Track USB mixer.

Notebook - Microsoft Surface Pro 4, i5-6300U, 8 GB RAM, 256 SSD, W10 Pro 20H2.

YouTube Channel: @JCBrownVideos

robbiedaug wrote on 8/22/2024, 10:25 PM

@robbiedaug

will Movie Edit 2015 upgraded to Movie Edit 2025 be compatible with Microsoft's new upgrade to Windows in late 2025?

Bet your bottom dollar it will be. Microsoft isn't going stop billions of programs running with an upgrade to Windows. In any case, in the extremely unlikely event there is a problem, Magix will, I'm sure, patch the programs PDQ (pretty damn quick).

So I'd rest easy. 👍

I once bought a Steinberg DAW called VST Instruments ver1.0.

I was using Windows 98 Second Edition at that time. About a year later, my hard drive crashed and i had to buy a new PC. The new PC came with Windows XP installed and my VST Instruments was not compatible with XP and i could not use that DAW anymore. I lost the money spent on the DAW and all the songs i was working on in the DAW. So, of course, i feel a bit apprehensive knowing that next year Windows will be different.

My Windows OS that i have right now (was bought in 2016) and it was originally a Windows 8 version, and an upgrade that was made available by Microsoft made my Windows 8 version a WIndows 10 version.

I have read that the new 2025 Windows may cause some problems if the PC it is installed on is an older 'model' CPU. I bought this PC in the summer of 2016 and i am kind of wondering if this PC's CPU will be compatible with the new Windows 2025 upgrade.

I am not a very PC-savvy guy so all of this CPU stuff and upgrades are a "mystery" to me.

Steinberg's VST Instruments was a one-off DAW (sold for a reduced price of CAD $149,00) which never went beyond the Ver 1.0.

So, i was not able to get an update or upgrade to make VST Instruments work with the newer Windows XP operating system.

I hope this explains my worried (LOL) thought process.

I hope all the software i have now will be compatible with the new Windows.

 

 

AAProds wrote on 8/22/2024, 10:44 PM

@robbiedaug

I have read that the new 2025 Windows may cause some problems if the PC it is installed on is an older 'model' CPU. I bought this PC in the summer of 2016 and i am kind of wondering if this PC's CPU will be compatible with the new Windows 2025 upgrade.

Arrh, OK. The "upgrade" later on this year is merely the ending of Windows 10 support (eg no more security patches). Win 11 will get it's customary "spruce up" with whatever the MS nerds think we need next, that's all.

The Windows 10 support ending is an issue because if you have an older motherboard/CPU, it may not be upgradeable to Win 11. Win 11 has extra security hardware requirements that older PCs may not have. If you're on Win 11 now, there's nothing to worry about. If you're on Win 10, go to Settings>Update and Security and at top right, it will say if you don't meet the requirements for Win11. If you don't, you need to consider your options.

 

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

robbiedaug wrote on 8/22/2024, 11:08 PM

@robbiedaug

Further to your second question, this is the first that I have heard of " Microsoft's new upgrade to Windows in late 2025." I think that you mean Windows 11, which is the current version. As far as I know, MS will stop supporting W10 in late 2025, not come out with W12. Movie Studio 2025 already works on Windows 11.

The name Movie Edit Pro was changed to Movie Studio a couple of versions ago, that is all. You qualify for the upgrade to Movie Studio - any flavour - even Ultimate.

One additional comment, make sure that your system is able to handle the program. See the specifications/System Requirement on Magix.com for Movie Studio.

John CB

I just did a quick search and found this about Windows in 2025..

"Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. The current version, 22H2, will be the final version of Windows 10, and all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date."

 

Yes, i can see that i have missed many Edit Pro 2015 updates, and didn't know that it has become what it is now. Thanks

AAProds wrote on 8/22/2024, 11:17 PM

@robbiedaug

all editions will remain in support with monthly security update releases through that date.

Americanese. What MS means is "up until" that date. As of Oct 14, there will be no more security updates to Win 10.

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

robbiedaug wrote on 8/22/2024, 11:26 PM

:"As of Oct 14, there will be no more security updates to Win 10"

Isn't that usually the beginning of the end of an existing operating system?

I think i read that Windows 11 is the next OS. I'm not sure if this PC can handle it.

I will have to find out by doing what you suggested. Thanks for that tip.

johnebaker wrote on 8/23/2024, 3:07 AM

@robbiedaug

Hi

. . . . Isn't that usually the beginning of the end of an existing operating system? . . . .

That depends on what you mean by 'end of'.

It does not mean Windows stops working and cannot be used. There are a few users here in the forum who are still using XP, Windows 7 and 8.

Microsoft's terminology can be confusing and is often 'misquoted/inferred' in some articles, you may have found, refer to Windows 10 as being 'EOL' (End of life). This means it is no longer supported and no further work on Windows 10 will be carried out, ie no security patches, bug fixes and feature updates.

. . . . I'm not sure if this PC can handle it. . . . .

What is the specification of your computer system, see this topic for what is required, and please quote processor and graphics card make/model in full, and also what monitor/screen resolution(s) you are working with if this is a laptop.

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.