The activation of AAC (MC) failed - Vegas Pro 18

GuitarRon wrote on 4/1/2022, 3:04 PM

Have been successfully using Vegas Pro 18 with Windows 10 Pro and even into Windows 11 Pro upgrade last year. Fired up Vegas today and tried to pull up several previous projects. Was presented with this "Hint" window for every project that I tried:

The activation of AAC (MC) failed.
If you are using the program as a guest, please repeat the activation procedure with administrator rights.

Of course that's exactly what I tried. Same error. Uninstalled, reinstalled. Same error.

Ryzen 2600 / NVidia 1080
16 GB Ram
Western Digital WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 (SSD)
Windows 11 Pro x64 - Ver 21H2 (OS Build 22000.556)

Anyone know what else I could try?

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vkmast wrote on 10/25/2023, 7:45 AM

@Kauko-Suominen have you checked this thread (in the German forum)?

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 10/26/2023, 1:33 AM

I've tried all the advice except reinstalling the system, which helped in that case. For some, the problem has returned shortly after reinstalling. The connection of Vegas to Internet Explorer may be an explanatory factor for the problem and there is no definitive solution. Windows updates in some configurations may remove the previously working activation.

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 10/30/2023, 3:34 AM

I asked Magix to send me an explanation of the Vegas codec activation mechanism so I could look for the reason why it doesn't work, even though I've tried all the ways I could find to fix it except reinstalling the system. I haven't received any answer. At least I wouldn't feel any pangs of conscience if I looked for pirated Vegas now and see if it works on my PC.

RogerS wrote on 10/30/2023, 4:13 AM

How would a pirated version handle the codec activation any better? Doesn't that just break the license check?

Anyway I hope you find a solution or move on as nobody seems to be able to assist.

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 10/30/2023, 7:44 AM

It is obviously wishful thinking that the activation of the codecs would have been changed as well. The most amazing thing is that nobody seems to have solved this most difficult kind of activation problem except by reinstalling the entire system. Even though the whole other system works except Vegas pro.

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 10/31/2023, 3:55 AM

How can I open and read Vegas error files .erpt?

Eje wrote on 10/31/2023, 3:15 PM

It can be register permission problem, see
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegase-16-mpeg-4-codec-not-activating-failure-during-start--116991/#ca728922

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 11/1/2023, 6:13 AM

I wish that person had put that registry key on the forum, when Magix doesn't say it. Magix. Magix stopped contacting me when I asked for more in-depth instructions.

vkmast wrote on 11/1/2023, 7:29 AM

So the comments (and the solution) from user Kwigg in the German language thread I gave a link to did not help in your case?

@Kauko-Suominen

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 11/1/2023, 10:42 AM

They didn't help. The only thing I haven't been able to try is the aforementioned connection to the desktop version of Internet Explorer. It no longer works after Microsoft has disabled it. I haven't found any working instructions for restoring IE.

Edo-Amin wrote on 11/20/2023, 6:09 AM

So I, too, have this activation issue on VP14 (yep, and my standard superstable workspace is still VP12). VP14 on a fairly clean machine, and using mobile phone Internet connection instead of network, still no go. I guess this is the end of the road, right?
Where do you go from here, guys? What editor do you use after old VP do not activate anymore?

RogerS wrote on 11/20/2023, 6:39 AM

Did each of you file a support request? Would be good for them to know there are multiple people with this issue and perhaps they have a fix for at least someone?

Kauko-Suominen wrote on 12/6/2023, 1:47 PM

I had a long exchange of messages with Magix. There was no useful advice. It became clear that the activation is tied to Internet Explorer components. Microsoft has killed IE. According to Magix, it should still work. But I think the problem may be related to that. I never received any more in-depth explanation of how the activation works so I could research.