Software update: Pinnacle Studio 9.0.8.5 beta

Pinnacle recently released a new beta version released of its Studio 9 software. This release is stamped as 9.0.8.5 beta and can be taken down via this link. What Pinnacle has changed in this version can be read below:

Studio 9.0.8 includes the following improvements over Studio 9.0.2

• Fixes the problem with HFX effects being locked/watermarked with the previous BETA
• General stability has been greatly improved, especially during background rendering.
• Many problems with burned DVDs have been fixed, including video stuttering, audio dropouts and audio-video synchronization errors.
• Disc-burning capabilities have been improved for certain models of Pioneer and Sony disc burners.
• Adding, deleting or moving buttons in a menu (using the Titler) no longer causes existing links to be reassigned.
• MPEG-2 files that are captured at DVD quality are no longer re-rendered for output to DVD.
• When rendering a clip with a title overlay to MPEG-1 MPEG-2, Studio no longer creates a duplicate video frame at the end of the title.
• The custom profiles for rendering Windows Media files are now updated to Windows Media 9.
• The volume meters in the Volume Tool now show the proper levels when Studio is first launched, and after a clip has been deleted.
• Importing certain MP3 files no longer causes Studio to hang.
• Audio cross-fades (during a video transition) are now rendered at the correct volume levels.
• Studio no longer crashes or hangs occasionally when you add an effect during background rendering, or when you close the Toolbox.
• Certain video and audio effects ( old film and audio noise reduction) now work properly when applied to clips over 16 minutes long.
• New feature: transparent areas of titles and menus are now displayed as a checkerboard pattern (instead of black) in the Album and on the Timeline.
• New feature: you can now change the duration of multiple titles or clips simultaneously, using the timecode control in the Trimmer Tool.