• Video

  14 answers, most recent on 7/16/2021

  RE: Vegas Pro seems great, but I'm ready to throw my PC out the window!
  Sorry, these issues have nothing to do with the Vegas app itself. Vegas actually runs without any issues—it's Windows' OS that doesn't seem to be cooperating. The thread is really just me wondering out loud if I should abandon the platform
• Offtopic

  4 answers, most recent on 7/14/2021

  RE: Magix with Windows 11
  Having just watched a YT video about W11 system requirements (that is in addition to the info in the link given by EricLNZ), there is one important thing to note that will limit some from being able to update to W11, and that is that i3, i5 and i7
• Video

  57 answers, most recent on 7/9/2021

  RE: Please help with advice about best Vegas computer and video format
  I have six i7 computers rendering video and two AMD computers all rendering videos on Vegas 12, 14 and 18...My Vegas 10 and 12 render the same 2 hour footage in the same amount of time my Vegas 18 does and more reliably....The average time it takes
• Video

  57 answers, most recent on 7/9/2021

  RE: Please help with advice about best Vegas computer and video format
  If I'm reading that link you sent properly, it says Ryzen 5 5600X is great. That's what I'm gonna look to buy. Thanks! I think it should work better than what I got with ssd drives @thomas-foley Do you have the ability to upgrade any of your
• Video

  19 answers, most recent on 6/24/2021

  RE: [REQ] Windows 10 PC Hardware Suggestions for Maximum Vegas Stability
  Just wanted to give another "thank you" to everyone who replied. Also, I updated the the latest version of Vegas about 10 days ago and have only had one crash since. This is after years of multiple crashes during editing sessions any time I tried
• Video

  19 answers, most recent on 6/24/2021

  RE: [REQ] Windows 10 PC Hardware Suggestions for Maximum Vegas Stability
  Just wanted to give another "thank you" to everyone who replied. Also, I updated the the latest version of Vegas about 10 days ago and have only had one crash since. This is after years of multiple crashes during editing sessions any time I tried to
• Offtopic

  3 answers, most recent on 6/24/2021

  RE: Computer Upgrade -- Seeking Knowledge from Experienced Users
  From the FAQ section 9: "How many computers can I use VEGAS Pro on?You can use VEGAS Pro (14.0 and later) simultaneously on 2 devices. There are 2 ways to deactivate a device so you can activate a different one: Visit your MAGIX account > My
• Video

  25 answers, most recent on 6/21/2021

  RE: Are GPUs non-deterministic and/or how can I get them to render the exp
  Yes, second paragraph was for the original poster. I edited and tried to make that clearer. Here are the current system requirements. You don't want to upgrade Vegas after >5 years after your hardware's release as support will be dropped for
• Vegas Movie Studio (up to ver. 17)

  46 answers, most recent on 6/19/2021

  RE: Worth upgrading to Vegas Pro?
  And not to forget, with VegasPro you cannot make better videos than with VMS. The picturequality of the final video is exactly the same. They use the same titler, rendertemplates, filters and transitions. VegasPro has only some additional codecs,
• Video

  51 answers, most recent on 7/2/2021

  RE: Planning to buy a new Asus Ryzen 9 laptop to run Vegas Pro!
  @studio-4 At 1st, I would suggest you to try https://www.userbenchmark.com/, an excellent place for unbiased reviews of hardware performances. They also have a small program which you simply download & run from your computer, and it will give
• Offtopic

  8 answers, most recent on 6/14/2021

  Discussion of Owned vs Leased Licences, which is better?
  This could be a very interesting discussion where we compare Owned vs Leased licences, as both have their own pros and cons. But I would particularly put more emphasis on how often the software updates/upgrades (including both minor & major) are
• Video

  No answers, created on 6/13/2021

  upgraded to vegas pro18 rendering very slow
  I've just upgraded to vegas pro 18 from 16 - got new hardware too and the render time is very slow. History: I was using a 7 year old laptop - intel i5 gen 3 8 gb ram ssd drive vegas pro 16 a 1.5 hour video project took about 3.5 hours to
• Video

  42 answers, most recent on 7/16/2021

  RE: Vegas Pro Edit or Vegas Pro?
  If you don't currently own Sound Forge, then the $50 upgrade price is well worth it, although since it seems you may not have a lot of experience with audio then those benefits likely allude you at this time. Sound Forge won't help your daughter in
• Video

  13 answers, most recent on 6/6/2021

  RE: Vegas Pro 18 4K clips lag on desktop, but not laptop?
  @Liberty610 Although you say you didn’t create any proxies, vp can be set to automatically create them. Compare the contents of the source files folders on both laptop and PC. Compare the tabs for Video, Editing, I/O etc between the two machines,
• Video

  9 answers, most recent on 6/10/2021

  RE: I want to buy Vegas Pro 18 but before I buy it I want to know this
  "If in the future I have to format my Computer" Save a system image after you install Windows, then at various points as you install application software. I only reformat and reinstall when I change hardware every four (or now, with COVID-19 induced
• Video

  5 answers, most recent on 5/28/2021

  RE: How to render this file
  @JackW I was able to render from this file without incident on two systems from Vegas Pro 13-453. Both systems are running Windows 10 from in-place upgrades. I have a last and final Windows 7 Pro image for both hardware systems, but except for
• Video

  13 answers, most recent on 5/27/2021

  RE: Codecs change to Apple Pro Res?
  The free version of Resolve doesn't have hardware decoding enabled. You need Resolve Studio for that which I do not have. Creating optimized media take a long time but is a workaround. My intent on posting on Vegas forum was for someone to perhaps
• Video

  13 answers, most recent on 5/27/2021

  RE: Codecs change to Apple Pro Res?
  It may be system dependent, but that just isn't the case anymore with the advent of hardware decoding. Since 2012 I used HD 1080p footage without transcoding or proxies, and since my 2017 computer upgrade used 4K 24p footage without transcoding or
• Video

  11 answers, most recent on 5/20/2021

  RE: Portrait video wont display properly in landscape
  Your system should be able to handle HD footage like that without issue but your hardware is not fully supported in Vegas. I wouldn't upgrade Vegas again until you upgrade hardware.One other thing to try which may yield faster render times (though
• DVD Architect

  28 answers, most recent on 6/3/2021

  RE: A project fine in simulation does not play any more...
  No Hardware problem but unfortunately it looks like Windows upgrade got rid of DVDA for good ! I am now trying to run it in compatibility mode with Windows 8 but I have no hope... Is there another program like DVDA which supports 3D ?
• Video

  15 answers, most recent on 5/12/2021

  RE: Thinking of Buying Vegas Pro; SHould I get it know or wait for VP19
  I've had Vegas Pro since 2009 when it was with Sony and it was on special offer then (a physical product via Amazon UK). Since then both as Sony and more latterly as Magix there have been frequent special offers both for the initial purchase by a
• Video

  6 answers, most recent on 5/6/2021

  RE: Installer
  If you already have VP just come join us when VP 19 comes out at the upgrade price and get support for newer hardware and bug fixes.I have VP 16 here and did use it for a while. I don't see blurred app but don't use a QHD screen. Is that what makes
• Video

  18 answers, most recent on 4/26/2021

  RE: Integrated GPU v Dedicated GPU
  @Former user Sometimes having an igpu makes no difference. Typically for video clips that cannot be decoded in hardware. Or those that benefit very little, like lightly compressed or small frame avc. But 4k avc can benefit moderately. With 4k 10-bit
• Video

  6 answers, most recent on 4/27/2021

  RE: 11700K & ASRock W480 (low budget) Upgrade for Vegas Renders
  4-25-2021 Update - I spent about 3 hours replacing the old Xeon CPU, motherboard & ram with new Intel 11700K, AsRock W48 & 32 GB of DDR4 using existing case, 850W PSU, OS SSD, VEGA 56 GPU, LSI PCIe RAID, etc. Much of that time was