Installing and Updating MVE

Notice: MVE with all the dependencies will take around 10GB of drive space, so make sure you have enough space available.

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Installing MVE

If you're new to MVE, or want to do a separate, clean install, simply follow the steps below:

1. download Windows version 0.8.2 or Linux version 0.8.2
2. extract using your favourite archiver (ie 7-Zip)
   Note: please make sure there's no spaces in the path when you extract MVE from the zip archive, as a space in the path can cause issues with some of the functionality

To see all available versions, join MVE discord and visit #mve-releases channel

Running MVE

On Windows, simply double click Machine Video Editor.exe
On Linux, go to Terminal, navigate to the directory you extracted to, and use ./machine-video-editor

Installing needed dependencies

When you first run MVE you will be asked to install needed dependencies
Either click "Yes" now, or at a later time go to Help > Install Dependencies

You will be presented with a window that has Install, Update, Remove, and Close options.
Clicking Install will start the process of installing needed dependencies for you.

You will know everything is done once you get a message that a conda environment was set up:
and at that time you can click Close

updating the Environment.yml file with tighter dependency versions

For MVE versions up to and including 0.9.0, if you're experiencing issues, you should update the Environment.yml file before installing dependencies.

1. if you have already installed dependencies - uninstall them via Help > Install Dependencies > Remove and close MVE afterwards
2. replace the Environment file with the one found in MVE discord > #Support channel > pinned message from — 14/06/2022
3. now install dependencies following standard instructions

Linking DFL

At this time, you should probably show your MVE where your DFL is installed.

To do that, go to File > Settings and under "DFL build folder" use your explorer / window manager to point to the correct directory.

Congratulations, you are now ready to use MVE! :)

Updating MVE

If you already have MVE installed and configured, with all dependencies installed, you can simplify the process of updating to the new version by using the Update feature:

• download the latest release, found on MVE discord in #mve-releases channel, as a *.zip file
• start your already installed MVE and go to Help > Update
• guide your file manager to the correct zip file and click Update, as seen in the picture below: