Software update: Pinnacle Studio 8.8.14 beta

Pinnacle Systems, which is developing the video editing suite Pinnacle Studio, has recently released version 8.8.14 beta to its users. This again contains a large number of improvements, as the release notes below report to us:

Outstanding issues with Studio 8.8.14 BETA

• Editing of menus does not update all menu pages in project
• Re-compiles between consecutive disc burnings
• DVD burning with 2 or more copies fails
• Estimated file size is wrong after switch from Capture to Make Movie mode
• Skip to next chapter doesn’t work on SVCD and VCD
• Rendering of AVI with other than PCM-Sound causes noise in output-file or a studio crash
• MPEG-1 editing with multiple source files is sluggish
• Custom menu highlights do not appear on burned DVD
• Pasting a fade title in front of another clip pastes in the wrong place
• Make disk preview screen shows video from previous project.
• Rectangles and ellipses are not displayed during a crawl title
• Output to VGA leaves video in background when terminated by pressing space bar
• Make Movie: calculation of the free space is not correct
• Text-placement wrong after rendering some titles
• Audio peak meters in Volume Tool do not work for MPEG audio

Studio 8.8.14 includes the following improvements over Studio 8.8.12

• Studio becomes non-responsive during long MPEG editing sessions
• 1 wrong frame being introduced in between scenes after render
• Return to menu and Chapters can be placed outside safe zones in transitions

Studio 8.8.12 includes the following improvements over Studio 8.7.23

• The automatic scene detection is accurate
• Saving a project no longer takes a long time after make tape
• Previously recorded CD-RWs may be re-used
• Audio no longer drops out after dissolve transitions
• Improved AV Sync
• Fixed failed to compile issues
• Capture in SVCD quality does stops at time limit
• Fixed menu navigation issues
• DVD+RW burn process ejects disc
• Can now add clip to the END of the timeline
• Fixed render hang issues
• Auxiliary files are deleted properly
• HFX transition album displays properly with more then 16 effects when using HFX PRO
• Eliminated wrong frame between scenes after rendering MPEG file
• Eliminated wrong frame after transition while previewing in edit mode
• Return To Menu can be dragged to end of clip