How do I upgrad from Movie Studio 8.0 to 8.0 d??

Do I have to uninstall the Movie Studio 8.0 and then download the other verson and install that?

And ware do I go for it anyway

Oh, come on. You are on this forum for 3+ months now, you have experienced updates, and you learned nothing to be asking things like "and ware do I go for it anyway?". Can you not think a bit? And you can't even open your eyes to see the sticky that's called "vegas updates" on this sub-forum? I would not be so abrupt if you were a newbie around here, but you have posted many questions (some of them silly because you didn't bother to read the manual), and I know you are a regular here. You should have known about updates by now, but even if you didn't, you should have known where to find them. They are on this very site. There is a glaring menu on the top that reads "downloads" and "updates" you know.

So, you go here http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/download/updates and you download it and you install it directly, no need to uninstall the previous version.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

I also happen to have a canon photocamera (the A590IS), which records movies in the avi format. VMS 8d recognises the video instantly.

The above is happing to me also, my software is updated and I can not open video that was taken with a Olympus Stylus 1030SW digital camera. Sony told me thyat I have to BUY a codec to support this avi file. Here is there actual response...
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Response (Eric D.) 08/05/2008 11:00 AM
Hi James,

Thank you for contacting Sony Creative Software.

It is possible that the AVI file is actually a motion JPEG video stream. If this is the case, a direct show MJPEG codec must be installed on your PC in order for these clips to be imported into a Sony Creative Software timeline. The following manufacturers produce Motion JPEG codecs:

Pegasus Imaging: http://www.pegasusimaging.com/picvideomjpeg.htm
Morgan Multimedia: http://www.morgan-multimedia.com
MainConcept: http://www.mainconcept.com/codecs.shtml

If you still have a follow-up question on this particular incident, please feel free to update it. If you have a completely different question, please create a new incident.

Sincerely,

Eric D.
Customer Service & Technical Support
Sony Creative Software Inc
www.sonycreativesoftware.com
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Why should I have to spend more money to run a avi file that works and plays on my pc with no problems but only plays audio when it is imported to Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8.0?

I have a Canon Powershot A40 that takes video clips and stores them as M-JPEG files. I had the same problem you describe with VMS 3.0b. I downloaded and installed both of the Trial versions of VMS 8.0d and VMS 9.0 and the problem went away. (I am purchasing 9.0). I was told the M-JPG problem experienced by many users up to 8.0d led to that fix. Perhaps the fix Sony employed didn't get your camera model. Prior to upgrading when I was having that problem, on occasion I had used the Morgan codec and it worked OK. Back then I was able to download a trial version of the Morgan codec to see if it solved my problem and it did. You could do likewise If it solves your issue, I'm sure the website will be glad to sell it to you. Just Google "Morgan M-JPG codec".

There are plenty of free codecs out there, you should be able to find one that will work. May take a little Googling.

Option is to change your clip into something that you can handle. I use "Super".

Hi James
Totally agree about your comment about why spend money to run file that works on pc but not in MS. I very much like the look of MS (albeit not able to use it yet!) but think Sony could be a bit more upfront and helpful over this issue particularly to new users of this type of product like myself.
Are you up and running now with these AVI files in MS? Which of the sites and/or codecs did you use in end? I've looked at sites suggested but got confused over all the apparent codec download options available. Also did you end up paying for a suitable codec?
Thanks
Andy