Bluray production not happening

terry-c wrote on 8/29/2025, 6:02 AM

I recently purchased Magix movie studio suite 2025 after an email offering 50% discount. Up to now I have used Sony Vegas movie studio 13 & before that 11 version. I am struggling with 2025 version as it seems to crash a lot & has a mind of its own. I still have Sony MS13 which I am very familiar with having made lots of Blurays & DVDs of holidays, shows, pantomimes etc over the past few years. My problem is I did uninstall it & reinstall it at some point & I seem to remember there was an update at some point to install the MP4 codec which I obviously dont have & cannot find any way to obtain it. I am trying to make a Bluray disc of my holiday which will include video from Sony camcorder AVCHD, & Canon M50MKii, Samsung S23 which are both MP4 I think.

I would appreciate any help so I can finish it & then hopefully learn Magix 2025

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Dexcon wrote on 8/29/2025, 6:13 AM

Please be aware that MAGIX Movie Studio 2025 is a completely different product to SONY Movie Studio (later VEGAS Movie Studio which was discontinued several years ago). For issues with MAGIX Movie Studio, you will need to post on MAGIX's Movie Studio forum at https://www.magix.info/us/video-forum/movie-studio/

Re Sony Movie Studio, it became apparent recently that Sony has closed down its server that enabled registration/activation of Sony-era Movie Studio and Vegas Pro - this may well be why additional codec licensing such as .mp4 (AVC) is not working. Vegas Support has provided the following information about how to register/activate Sony-era software via your MAGIX My Account - https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/support?question=425797&category=168278&title=vegas-13-and-previous-sound-forge-11-and-previous-acid-7-and-previous-can-be-activated-offline-

Whether or not this will enable additional codec licensing such as .mp4 AVC - I don't know.

EricLNZ wrote on 8/29/2025, 6:49 AM

@terry-c You don't need "mp4 codec" for blu-ray rendering. Also mp4 file type is something different to mpeg-4 video codec.

Are you having problems importing your camera files? If so what exactly happens/doesn't happen?

Dexcon wrote on 8/29/2025, 7:38 AM

Samsung S23 ... MP4 I think.

Only if you have switched to H.264 from the default HEVC setting in Samsung S23's camera's settings (via the camera settings' cog wheel). If your Samsung S23's phone is recording video in HEVC, do not expect that video to be useable in Sony Movie Studio 11 or 13 - certainly, HEVC video from my Samsung S23 Ultra won't import into my Sony Vegas Pro 13.