Sony has released Vegas Movie Studio v8.0b and Vegas Movie Studio Platinum v8.0b

Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 8.0b:

• Added support for MJPEG-encoded AVI files.
• Added Spanish language support.
• Fixed a bug that could cause 1080p HDV clips to default to 1.000 pixel aspect ratio.
• Fixed a bug that could cause image corruption in the Red-Eye Reduction window with Windows Vista.

Notable Fixes/Changes in Version 8.0a:

• Added Japanese, French, and German language support.

What was new in v8.0:

• Enhanced video preview.
• Full-screen preview to a secondary Windows display (including DVI monitors).
• Insert I-frames at marker positions when rendering MPEG-2 (works in conjunction with I-frame viewer in DVD Architect Studio 4.5).
• Support for editing files recorded with Sony AVCHD camcorders (only in Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8.0).
• Improved native HDV .m2t playback performance and improved memory handling for HDV longform projects (only in Vegas Movie Studio Platinum Edition 8.0).
• Multithreaded audio engine maximizes real-time audio playback and rendering performance - more tracks and effects with lower latency.
• Support for opening and rendering ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus, and ATRAC Advanced Lossless files.
• Gracenote MusicID technology for extracted audio from CDs.
• Improved snapping — color-coded visual snap indicator and the ability to snap to event edges on other tracks.
• Display of media marker names in events.
• Freehand envelope drawing on the timeline.