[Mike Hall]

I have has the same issues with 8.0c but the problem might be caused in another area. I recently bought a quad processor 6600. Prior to installing this 8.0c was mostly stable and AVCHD at 1920 x 1080i 50Hz was OK and faster on preview that 8.0b, with my old dual core 6600.

After the quad processor was installed everything changed, Vegas started crashing when using AVCHD files. I have reverted back to 8.0b with the quad processor and Vegas is more stable. I have yet to change back to my old two core processor and reload 8.0c.

This is why, many people including Sony, may not not seen the problems with 8.0c. In MHO it has not been fully tested with quad core processing. It is possible a quad core may not give any benefits over a dual core anyway, but that’s a new subject..

[Mike Hall]

I have completed my first long form edit in AVCHD 1920 x 1080i 50Hz. Originally I started out with 8.0c and had the similar stability problems as described by Sebastian, many Windows exception errors when previewing the time-line. This crashed Vegas but not Windows (XP). I also notice 8.0c was much slower in previewing AVCHD compared to 8.0b. So having reverted back to 8.0b, the crashing and stability problems have gone and the preview speed is now very close to DV preview speed. My system is a quad processor PC and is very stable with 8.0b and all other programs. At this stage, my confidence in 8.0c is low, I will stay with 8.0b until 8.0d arrives. Vegas has been an extremely stable editing environment until 8.0c arrived.

BTW The Vegas NAB event was excellent, it would be great to have similar meetings here in Europe.