Bluray Hardware Acceleration

Due to a limitation relating to hardware encoding of interlaced video, “external” GPUs such as the NVidia 2000/3000/4000 series GPUs will not invoke hardware acceleration during the encoding step of the Bluray creation process. However, hardware acceleration will occur if the CPU-integrated GPU (iGPU) is used. So, if your CPU has an iGPU eg the Intel UHD770 iGPU in the i7-13700K, before you start the Bluray process, set the iGPU in the Export droplist in the hardware acceleration section on the File>Settings>Program>Device Options tab (key Y) as shown here: Information sourced from the Magix forum here.

Still Image Import

If you’re importing still images of exactly 720x480 or 720x576, read this.

Clearing all Effects from an object

To clear all effects from an object: CTRL+ALT+ Minus sign

Slideshows

See this page for my detailed information on making great slideshows with the Magix video editors.

Movies and Projects

One of the most helpful features for me in the Magix NLEs is the multiple-movie feature. In a single project, you can have virtually unlimited movies or timelines, and objects can be copied and pasted between movies. Then all movies can be exported at the same time (batch). For example, you can edit a 3 hour VHS tape into say 20 separate movies of unique events and then export the lot, as separate files, in one go. This is incredibly helpful in speeding up your workflow. I’ve done a Youtube video on this:

Export Settings

Some of the adjustable export settings on the Advanced Export screen:

Average Bitrate

In my opinion, the preset values can be lowered by half and still result in very good quality video. I use a Maximum Bitrate value of 25% more than the average bitrate.

CPB

Coded Picture Buffer, for a very rough value, set it to the Average Bitrate x 0.2.

GOP

Group of Pictures, set it to half the frame rate.

Coding Quality

Set this to Best. I think this is a hangover from the early days of slow computers.

Audio Bitrate

For best quality, set to 192khz.