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As from today, my Vegas Pro 22 stops when I try to launch it. It produces an error form. I've uninstalled then re installed it but to no effect. It shows the blue square splash, reads the plugins, etc... then stops and display the error form.I have

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11 answers, most recent 51 minutes ago

[Solved] Unable to Open Vegas Program Due to Error Messages

Hi, I have officially purchased the Vegas program from the MAGIX website and now cannot even open the program. First, a window pops up asking me to "Activate and Register immediately online". Once I click on that, another window pops up with the

Video

13 answers, most recent on 10/12/2025

error code 24 when trying Vegas pro 18 for the first time

I bought Vegas pro 18 and registered purchase when I downloaded the software and opened it up to test it. I just tried to open it and use for the first time and it ask's me to register the purchase to activate (which I did before) when i click on

Video

7 answers, most recent on 12/19/2025

RE: Vegas Pro 23 - Error 24

Another thing that has cropped up on this forum a few times in the past is where the e-mail address has a space or other hidden character at the front which will give error 24.

Video

7 answers, most recent on 12/19/2025

RE: Vegas Pro 23 - Error 24

Hi, Your serial number is linked to the email address that you used to purchase the program and with which you registered. Error 24 is described under SUPPORT at the top of this screen. Read what is in this link. You cannot use another email address

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15 answers, most recent on 1/5/2026

RE: GeForce Driver 591.44 - A huge difference

Just tried 591.44 on my desktop and and laptop and had to roll it back to 581.57 on both in order to render nvenc avc with vp22... otherwise I got a media creation error at the beginning of the renders. Running win11 24h2 on both.

Offtopic

3 answers, most recent on 1/12/2026

RE: Cannot register my older copy of Sony Vegas Pro 18

Please see if the Support FAQ link below is related to your VEGAS Pro 18 problem. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/support?question=377190&category=0&title=how-do-i-solve-error-message--24 also:

DVD Architect

2 answers, most recent on 11/26/2025

[Solved] An error occured while preparing compliation File_addr_map.map

I was preparing a Blu-ray disk with DVD Architect (I think it's 7.0... About says: DVD Architect Build 100 Copyright (c) 2018). I've made .iso files from this same .dar file yesterday with no problems. All I did was change the "Set Disc Start" to

Video

3 answers, most recent on 11/23/2025

Free Trial Registration

I have just downloaded the "Try for Free" link for Vegas Pro 23 but when I open/run the program I get the Error Code 24 "The serial number has already been registered......" Being a "Free Trial" I don't have nor have I been given a serial number. Is

Video

40 answers, most recent on 10/25/2025

[Solved] VP23 crashes at Creating Windows on startup

I thought this was just VP23 r278 but also now occurs in VP22 & VP21 which has never been the case. The program starts and gets to the "Creating windows" part then crashes out. I have sent Magix the crash dump but not heard anything back yet.I

Audio

7 answers, most recent on 8/3/2025

RE: Imported WAV audio files are bugged

What's with the conformance error? Happy to test such a file here if you can upload it somewhere. I don't think I've ever used a 24khz wav and haven't noticed issues with standard 44.1 and 48khz PCM wav files.

Video

18 answers, most recent on 5/22/2025

RE: Vegas Pro 22 on Windows 11 - your experience

There is no particular issue with VEGAS Pro and Windows 11 24H2 (both my systems are that and same for many other users here). My guess would be a SoundCard driver? Is there an error message in Windows reliability?Did you try ASIO or other options

Video

4 answers, most recent on 3/28/2025

[Solved] Vegas Pro 19 Credit Roll Freezing

There's a strange issue with Vegas Pro 19 (Steam Edition) and its Credit Roll generator, where the whole program just freezes while switching languages (Shift + Alt or Win + Spacebar) inside of the Credit Roll window. There are no errors, and the

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337 answers, most recent on 11/27/2025

RE: VEGAS Pro 23 build 278 General Discussion

Yeah.. this is a new one..Besides freezes, crash after crash, constant errors popping up..what else can I say? Vegas is done.. it’s not worth even $2/month.. let alone $20..The trial period is ending soon, so I won’t be continuing with Vegas I’ve

Video

12 answers, most recent on 5/23/2025

[Solved] Unable to get FSD in preview or External monitor setting

I'm sure I must have missed something. I'm using Win11 Pro, Vegas 21 Pro build 315,32GB mem, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Ryzen 5 7600X I have tried the ctrl shft while starting which did what it is supposed to do but it didn't fix this problem. I

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7 answers, most recent on 12/19/2025

Vegas Pro 23 - Error 24

I've tried all the help and the support email. No response. I have two emails and neither show the product registered to it, and trying to activate on the program itself doesn't show it's registered. When I try to register it, it says it's already

Audio

One answer, on 12/29/2025

Vegas Pro 22 not importing select m4a/MPEG-4 audio files

Hello! I recently got Vegas Pro 22 to help with some audio editing and the speech to text transcript function was appealing. However, I've been unable to import my m4a files with the message "an error occurred while opening one or more files. The

DVD Architect

2 answers, most recent on 11/26/2025

RE: [Solved] An error occured while preparing compliation File_addr_map.map

I was preparing a Blu-ray disk with DVD Architect (I think it's 7.0... About says: DVD Architect Build 100 Copyright (c) 2018). I've made .iso files from this same .dar file yesterday with no problems. All I did was change the "Set Disc Start" to

Video

37 answers, most recent on 12/22/2025

RE: Vegas pro22　The COM object could not be initialized.

The templates for Sony AVC/MVC or MAGIX AVC/AAC output Blu-ray video streams without (AC3) audio and do not throw the COM object error. I think the problem is that Vegas 15 still has the Pro Encoder for AC-3 and can therefore still encode Dolby.

Audio

7 answers, most recent on 8/3/2025

RE: [Solved] Imported WAV audio files are bugged

@Eddynell Use Shutter Encoder to convert to a file from planet Earth and move on. Before General Complete name : C:\Users\John\Downloads\Liberty.wav Format : Wave Format settings

Video

13 answers, most recent on 10/12/2025

RE: error code 24 when trying Vegas pro 18 for the first time

If you haven't you should create an account with Magix using the same e-mail address (exactly) you used to register V18 initially. When you have a Magix account you should be able to add V18 to the account (if it is not already there from the

Video

21 answers, most recent on 12/12/2025

RE: Vegas Pro 22 no longer starts Win 11 Pro

Hi there,Here is the info:I've been using Vegas Pro 22 for a long time but, all of a sudden (starting from today) it stops after "Initializing UI" when I try to launch it. It produces an error form.I've uninstalled then re installed it but to no

Audio

3 answers, most recent on 5/4/2025

RE: File wav has exceeded maximum size allowed

Damn, thanks to Hovard Vigorita, I now understand that the problem was related to the resolution of the waw file. I had saved the first three tracks at 32bit float but "mono", this allowed me to generate a file less than 2 Gb. Instead, I wanted to

Video

13 answers, most recent on 1/28/2025

RE: Vegas Pro 22 crashes everytime i try to open a project

I did what you said but i did not receive any error box, sadly. It just stops at 19%.When i click on close. this pops up:And even if i click on "yes" it wont shut down.I still have to force close vegas pro with CTRL + ALT + DELETE, otherwise it wont