General/Setup

Capture/Import

Edit

Export (Not Burn DVD)

DVD Menus/Burn DVD

Tutorials

Author/Creator/
Bright Spark
if not AA

General/Setup

Installing MEP 14
General tips about installing MEP 14 with solved problems.

Set Up Your Computer For Video Editing

MEP Housekeeping

CODEC Information
Information about the codecs required to import some file types.

Installation
Have a look at this thread about installing in Safe Mode and other information. I use Enditall (version 2) to help shutdown unnecessary programs before any installation.

Also, if you are installing MEP 11/MEP 11 Plus, leave the installation DVD in the drive during the reboot after the installation, then start MEP for the first time. After a successful start of MEP, then you can remove the disk.

File Information V4

Folder Management V3

Virtual Dub Filters with MEP
MEP 11 and later support Virtual Dub filters (on the video object, right click and select Video Effects Plugins). However, some filters don't work. A list of ones that do and don't can be found on the Magix users Forum here.

mrveronn and others

Take control of your Media Pool tabs
In MEP 2005/10, right click on a tab and then move it left or right. To add a tab, open the folder using the Drives tab of the drop-down list, then right click in the media pool and click Create Link For Folder.

MEP10+ note: When you create a new tab and give it a name, the name may be chopped off/truncated. Restart MEP 10+ to see the whole tab name.

Although the layout of MEP 11/14 is a little different, the same applies: you can create your own buttons as links to your own folders.

Richard (rfmmars/Dead Wizard/The Master)

Capture/Import

Capturing DV with WinDV V3
MEP does a good job capturing DV and HDV, but if you have trouble capturing DV with MEP, try this free program. I use it often.

Capture Devices that work and don't work
Check out this thread on the User board that lists capture devices that work and don't work with MEP. Hasn't been updated for a while, so if you have a new device, do a forum search for it.

Aruga

VRO Files
Basically, copy the file to your hard drive, then rename the extension to MPG. Then MEP will Smart Render/Copy it. For further info, see this post: Editing VRO Files.

Andy W

Use of Still Images in MEP V5

David

Importing VOBs
Notes on importing VOBs into MEP (and archiving your movies as MPEGs).

Frameserve Files into MEP from Virtual Dub
Combine the power of Virtual Dub with the editing and burning excellence of MEP by frameserving.

Edit

Mad Magix/Cepu0001

The Ken Burns Effect - Panning, Cropping and zooming V7 

David/Scenestealer

Note: MEP 14 Plus has a brand new Movement function which greatly simplifies Pan and Crop to the point where it is now very easy to set up. I have made some tutorials for MEP14 Plus: view them on the Tutorials page.

Picture In Picture V4

Editing /Creating Left/Right Audio Channels V2

Richard (rfmmars/Dead Wizard)

Converting 4:3 movies to 16:9 V5
Use the Image Size and Position function or the Keyframe Animator to re-format your "square" 4:3 movies into widescreen wonders. Includes the NTSC procedure.

Cancel All Object Effect Curves (OEC)
In MEP 2004/2005/10, If you can't reset or undo the effect curves on an object, right click Object Curve Effects and in the OEC dialog box, untick all the active effects then click Close.

In the PLUS versions, open the Keyframe Animator and untick all active effects.

MEP 10/11/12 Tips:
Invoke the Storymaker screen by double-clicking on an object.

TV Cropping V6
Has some of your picture or titles been chopped off when viewing your movie on your TV? Read this for the procedure to allow for TV overscanning/cropping. This issue mainly applies to CRT TVs as LCD TVs generally have much less overscanning (however, my Sony Bravia still has a 4% overscan).

Cropping Video Objects V1
Got a bit of rough video running along the edges of your picture? Crop it out using these techniques. In the days of LCD TVs, where you see everything on the MEP Preview monitor, even right on the edges, you may have to crop your movie slightly to keep it tidy.

Titles V1
Advanced title techniques, including compensating for TV overscanning/cropping.

Higlighting a section of moving video
Use MEP to move a highlight on face moving face or other object. Forum post describing a couple of similar techniques.

Export (Not Burn DVD)

Exporting a Range
Want to check a small piece of your handiwork? Use the Export a Range function.

Export to WMV

Encoding into DivX for Palm
Encode your movies into DivX format for your Palm with Super C.

Export  for Youtube using WMV, Flash and DivX

Batch Exporting
MEP will batch-export objects on the timeline into individual files, or alternatively batch-export each opened movie (MVDs) into individual files. Read this thread on the MEP forum for details.

DVD Menus/Burn DVD

Take control of your DVD Menus: remove those pesky menu numbers, set your own menu fonts and other tips to spruce up your DVD Menus

with help from Boy Calgary and p818632

Burning Movies to your hard drive/Using DVDShrink to burn copies - MEP 10 and earlier V3

Burning your project to your hard drive - MEP 11 and later V2
Encode and "burn" your DVDs to your hard drive for checking before putting them on disk.

Burn your DVD or Bluray Image to a DVD with the free Imgburn
MEP 11 and above

Title Tips
If during burning you get messages about lots of memory being used to render the titles,  go to Program Settings>System> and unclick the Title Editor option.

Richard Yardley

Encode/Encode All/Use/Use/Maintain All V1
What does this mean?

Tutorials

Video Tutorials
Tutorials in WMV format of various functions of MEP.