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Program Settings

All basic settings for MAGIX Movie Edit Pro are made in this window.

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"File" > "Settings" > "Program"

Shortcut: Y

Playback

Audio playback
Driver selection: Here you can specify whether you wish to use the Windows Wave
driver or the DirectSound driver for audio playback. DirectSound is a component of
DirectX and, if necessary, will be installed together with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro.
DirectSound has the advantage that the sound output (for all modern sound cards or
onboard soundchips) can also be used by other programs open simultaneously. WAV
drivers are recommended if the CPU load is higher, as the larger buffers allow better
handling of the load peaks (otherwise this would cause crackling).

Note: "DirectSound" must be activated for working with multichannel audio
projects.

Output device: Use this option to specify which sound card plays the wave audio
objects. This is especially important if you have multiple sound cards installed on your
computer, e.g. "onboard sound" as well as an additional sound card.

Audio buffer: To ensure smooth playback of a complex arrangement, MAGIX Movie
Edit Pro creates a RAM data buffer into which the current data is loaded. This allows
for step-by-step preprocessing instead of preprocessing for the entire arrangement.

Number of buffers: Here you can specify how many buffers should be used. More
buffers increase reliability and improve playback performance, but they also increase
the memory requirements. If played via DirectSound (see settings in the "Playback
parameter" dialog), only one buffer is used automatically.

Multitrack size/Preview size: Specify the buffer size used to play the entire
arrangement or for previewing waves in the file manager.