How to Use my license at the office and working from home? Pro 20 Sub

Cece wrote on 4/19/2023, 11:38 AM

I just bought Vegas Pro 20 (subscription) today. I work 3 days at the office and 2 days from home. How do I do that with Vegas? It says deactivate your other device (can be used once a month). How do I have both of those devices being valid and I just login and logout from them so I am only active on one of those devices at the same time? How would I otherwise be able to do work from home and at work with one license?
Is this tied to it being a subscription? Should I refund it and take another form of license for this work?

Edit: So I found a post on the forum referencing this quote "You can use VEGAS Pro (14.0 and later) simultaneously on 2 devices. VEGAS Pro 365 can be used on 1 device at a time."

Okay that was not very clear when I bought it, but now I am looking around the website and wanted to find Vegas Pro 20 so I can use it on two devices but I cannot find that? I only get 3 options to purchase.
VEGAS Edit 365
VEGAS Pro 365
VEGAS Post 365

Does any of those allow for 2 devices to used as in the example I described above?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Have a great day!

-Nick

Comments

set wrote on 4/19/2023, 5:24 PM

Subscription version only can be active in one device, while the perpetual version (one time payment) allows to be activated on two devices.

EricLNZ wrote on 4/19/2023, 5:48 PM

@Cece New Licence or Upgrade gives you the perpetual versions. But they don't contain everything that the subscription version provides.

Dexcon wrote on 4/19/2023, 6:32 PM

In Vegas Pro under the Help menu, you can select 'Deactivate the software on this PC' when leaving your workplace and then activate Vegas Pro when you get home (and vice versa). This method of deactivation does not have any usage limitations like the deactivation method via your MAGIX My Account/My Products.

Point 9 in https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-faqs-and-troubleshooting-guides--104787/ addresses this.

Cece wrote on 4/20/2023, 3:15 AM

In Vegas Pro under the Help menu, you can select 'Deactivate the software on this PC' when leaving your workplace and then activate Vegas Pro when you get home (and vice versa). This method of deactivation does not have any usage limitations like the deactivation method via your MAGIX My Account/My Products.

Point 9 in https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-faqs-and-troubleshooting-guides--104787/ addresses this.

Thank you! This is EXACTLY what I was asking for! I read the paragraph before, but I didn't really get it, until your description. I would suggest they use your answer above in their FAQ and under a separate topic "Use license on two computers" or something similar. It is too hidden now. :)

vkmast wrote on 4/20/2023, 3:54 AM

"Their" (i.e. MAGIX/VEGAS) Support document on License management totally neglects to mention the other option to deactivate. That one should be corrected along the lines of the detailed (moderator-created) FAQ linked above.

Note that most of the posts (including the FAQs) under the sticky "MORE IMPORTANT POSTS - Please read this first!" are created by the volunteer forum moderators.