General Discussion - MagicYUV Forum

Is MagicYUV the Future of Video Compression or Just a Fad?

Gregoryendak — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:51:43 +0000

As the video production landscape evolves, many are praising MagicYUV for its high efficiency and quality. But is it truly a groundbreaking advancement, or will it fade into obscurity like many codecs before it? What do you think—will MagicYUV redefine our approach to video encoding, or are we just experiencing another fleeting trend in the tech world?

MagicYUV via Command Line

phadron — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:41:53 +0000

Hi,

Is there any way to use a paid MagicYUV via Windows prompt?

I'd like to export from Topaz Video AI.

Thanks

Intraframe vs Interframe

phadron — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 22:41:43 +0000

Hi all,

Is MagicYUV intraframe or Interframe codec?

Thanks!

Using a paid version of MagicYUV with ffmpeg

phadron — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:49:13 +0000

Hi all,

How can I transcode a file with ffmpeg using a paid version of MagicYUV?

Thanks

YUV vs RGB32

phadron — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:44:50 +0000

Hi all,

I need to understand when I have to use YUV or RGB24 when I transcode something.

The goal is to have a lossless file that I can use on Vegas for example.

Thanks

MagicYUV not an option after install - Movie Studio 16 Platinum

LeroiLightning — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:01:29 +0000

I just bought a new-to-me Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny i5 with 16GB RAM and Windows 10 Pro. Whether I install MagicYUV ver 1.x OR 2.x, it doesn't appear as an option under Video for Windows when I go to render. I restarted Movie Studio and rebooted the computer: no change. Any ideas? TIA.

Installed on macOS Catalina, no codec option in After Effects

Warbands — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 03:47:56 +0000

Installed on macOS Catalina, no codec option in After Effects, and get an odd MagicYUV AVI as only option in Media Encoder.

I installed with the following report:

sudo ./Users/nakago/Downloads/MagicYUV_Ultimate-Trial_v2.3.0_macosx/install.command
Detected AVX2 support
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Installing Adobe plugins...
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Installing 'Adobe/avx2/2015/ExporterMagicYUV.bundle' to '/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore'
Installing 'Adobe/avx2/2015/ImporterMagicYUV.bundle' to '/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/7.0/MediaCore'
Done.

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Installing VLC plugin...
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Detected VLC: /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC (x64) ..
WARNING: There is no MagicYUV codec available for this VLC version. Skipping.

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Installing QuickTime component...
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Installing 'QuickTime/avx2/MagicYUV.component' to '/Library/QuickTime' using sudo
Done.

I checked inside After Effects for a new Quicktime codec option by adding a comp to a the render queue, changing the output option, but nothing with the word MagicYUV was listed.

I then tested by sending the comp to Media Encoder, but the only preset there was listed as MagicYUV AVI, which on the Mac is obviously wrong.

Any thoughts on why this is not behaving?

What happens after 2020.10.31? Price change?

LeroiLightning — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 02:32:43 +0000

Does the price go up after 2020.10.31? Or is the date there to encourage us to purchase?

Standard
$9+ ~~$14~~
Only until 2020.10.31!

Newbee codec choice question - using MP4 from G85 4:2:0

Kye — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 03:09:29 +0000

Hello! :-) And good morining! It's freezing cold here in Canberra.

So - quick history - I'm doing multicam (3 cameras) editing of 4K video footage in Powerdirector (latest version). Super high spec Win10 system.

Doing this with 2K footage is easy. But... if more than one of the cameras is set to 4K, Powerdirector stutters and sound goes out of sync while in the multicam editing mode.

So - my specs and setup and question.

Purchased and installed MagicYUV ultimate. Yay!

Installed FFInputDriver_64.vdplugin into plugins folder of VirtualDub. So I can open MP4s (man, that info was hard to find).

Input source videos from Lumix G85's. 4K 30fps MP4s. 100Mbps. 4:2:0 8bit (as far as I know).

My question:

What MagicYUV CODEC should I use in VirtualDub as my output codec?

Should I use MagicYUV RGB or MagicYUV 4:2:0. Or are those two guesses wrong?

I want to retain max quality when converting my MP4s to AVIs, so that I can edit them with ease in Powerdirector, whilst retaining maximum quality.

My final output from Powerdirector will vary from 4K max quality to 2K 16 Mbps for youtube.

If you can help me, I'll buy you a beer, once Covid18 lockdown is eased.

Kind Regards and hello to all,

Kye.

MagicYUV / vMIX / Premiere&ME - video doesn't import full length

magicavi — Tue, 19 May 2020 13:51:55 +0000

Hello. Recently I bought MagicYUV to record videos with vMIX.

The recorded footage is 10 minutes long, but Adobe Premiere Pro and Media Encoder see just the first 3 minutes of it.

I did a direct streamcopy in VirtualDub and then it works. Unfortunately it's very inconvenient to spend another hour to copy files back and forth.

vMIX, MagicYUV and Premiere Pro are the latest versions.