your kidding me

**How can I get another 30 day extention on this??**

You can get an unlimited extension by paying for the software. Sorry if that's an inconvenience for you.

I don't mind paying for it as I already have paid for Vegas 6 and 7..I JUST WANT to try it out and make sure it's not bugy before I purchase it.

You might try on a different system.

Marco

You will get 30 more days if you use a different machine. You will also get 30 more days IF you have a complete back up disk image that you never installed the trial on (rolling back a system restore will not work).

Short of that.... you'll have to buy the program.

It depends on how you define "bugy."

Some folks here swear it's full of bugs. Others of us have little to no problems with it.

Julius_ ?

I JUST WANT to try it out and make sure it's not bugy before I purchase it.

But you've HAD it for 30 days? What ELSE yer gonna find in there? Have you been reading this forum? Is there ANYBODY screaming about this or that?

As you HAVE had V6 and V7 I can ONLY assume you have done to V8 what you would have done with V6 and V7?

Any complaints so far?

Sounds like you are mid project in a trail version, and you now need to finish. My advise is always FINISH a project on a tried and tested version, THEN step up.

Actually, what have YOU found you prefer over and above V7? You are asking about what might be wrong, but how about what is GOOD for you?

Grazie

I don't know Julius, but I think he's getting getting some gruff responses and insinuations here. Now I could be wrong, but I'd rather err on the side giving someone the benefit of the doubt.

His first post stated:
"A few months back I installed Vegas 8.0 trail so I can take a look...a project came up and I had to put the Vegas 8 on the side...so now with my project complete, I went back to Vegas 8 but it says it expired..."

It sounds to me like he installed the trial, but never got around to giving it a good workout, and now it has expired. That's easy enough for me to believe.

I don't mind paying for it as I already have paid for Vegas 6 and 7..I JUST WANT to try it out and make sure it's not bugy before I purchase it.

Anybody who's read this forum for the last year knows there have been lots of issues with many (but not all) people. Again, its very reasonable to want to give it a good, personal workout before spending the money.

Julius is a long time Vegas user, has posts on this forum going back to 2005, and yet is being treated like a software pirate or something.

Julius -- you might try contacting SCS Customer Service to see if they can help. Beyond that, one would think the trial limitations are controlled by some kind of registry entry, but I wouldn't know where to start there.

Tim L

"Sounds like you are mid project in a trail version, and you now need to finish. My advise is always FINISH a project on a tried and tested version, THEN step up."

Um no, he installed the trial version, used it for a day or two then left it for more than 30 days thinking I suspect they meant "30 days usage".

I kind of do sympathise as I've done the same thing with other software although I do accept it as my own fault. Bottom line is if you're going to download and install software to fully evaluate it make a commitment to do just that. If you know you might not have the time to devote to evaluating it don't install it until you do.

As for it being buggy or not. The upgrade isn't exactly a kings ransom. I pay for the upgrades as 'rent' on the previous version anyway. If the new version is a tragic mess you've still got the old version to fall back on. Just don't commit major projects to the latest version of ANY software until you're totally satisfied it's going to work for you. Spending 1,000s of hours editing a movie and then finding out you can't render it and cannot backout of the situation is not a good look no matter what NLE you use.

I do feel SCS create a rod for their own backs by not having a "Save in compatibility mode" option. Adobe get this, M$ get this, SCS can't even get it right within the same version of their code, 7.0e projects might not work correctly in 7.0d. A lot of the havoc 8.0 has created would have been avoided if this option existed.

Bob.

I always assumed that X day trial meant X calender days after installation, and where I've let that elapse because of other constraints I have not been surprised when the trial expired. I've never encountered a trial duration configured in any other way. So can't say I'm sympathetic. But I have no problems with 8c, so I'd suggest the upgrade is worth the expense.

i'm pretty sure if you purge your PC of anything SCS related (including registry & uninstall files) you can reinstall.

but wouldn't be worth it to go through all that hassle imho.

"Um no, he installed the trial version, used it for a day or two then left it for more than 30 days thinking I suspect they meant "30 days usage"." - Bob? You don't know that? Do you? As you say, you "suspect".

"Bottom line is if you're going to download and install software to fully evaluate it make a commitment to do just that. If you know you might not have the time to devote to evaluating it don't install it until you do." - Exactly Bob!! - which WAS my point anyway . . seesh . .

Tim L, our buddie Julius_, does say "a few months back". I interpret that as being more than 2 months - yes? I also appreciate that if V8 was opened, for the purposes of "trailing", as J says "I installed Vegas 8.0 trail so I can take a look. ." - that's like opened and closed at the very least or some test-project was created > saved > reopened and Julius_ was starting to see some value in it. Most certainly, I think it is admirable, and just plain downright complete common sense for somebody to have several "try B4 buy" sessions, to make sure. However it also ISN'T difficult for us to appreciate that SONY needs to have some type of backstop, that a trial can not go on and on and on? Somebody, ostensibly, could be "trailing" for a year - or even longer? OK, that's silly, but you get my point? In which case how can it be anything but consecutive "calendar" days? And that being the "case", how and why would SONY then allow a renewal/continuance of the 30 days trial? Why?

OK, I've never heard of aggregate days for a trial - Bob? Seems like an option, but it would still leave a s/w producer kinda in the dark about when people would actually STOP trialling, and decide to buy? If I was a s/w supplier - heaven forbid! - I would be continually waiting for the other consumer shoe to drop? Can you imagine it?:-

"Okay, Eric, we have 10,000 potential customers. 1,016 are on 5 days, 2,976 are on 6 days, . . . . " oh yeah, and each day WOULD be different too!

Sorry, and until I have been informed/explained-to "why", why anybody would think otherwise, I really don't understand - I really don't!

Sure, when expiration happens it must be a real PITA ( Bob sharing his experience!) and in particular Julius_ here, but until I have been explained-to just why an expectation of trial extension is somehow expected, I remain amazed! - But that's just me.

If the "accusation" of sounding "harsh" was levelled at me, then I unreservedly apologize. Though my amazement still remains in place.

OK, there IS another thing none of us have mentioned here, me too, and that is SONY is WANTING people to trial the s/w, not to see if it has "bugs", but to show-off just WHAT this s/w CAN do. What extra features have been added; what additionality and flexibility has been stuffed into the newest version; what people think and say and WRITE about this new s/w; how people can make money from it. Y'know - The Glass half full option?

Anyways, Happy Friar, as always seems to have hit it on the head. I also like Bob's suggestion of a "Save in compatibility mode" option.

Peace and Love . . Peace and Love . . . .

Grazie

I can understand Julius' situation as I installed a trial version once, played with it for a day and then had the audacity to get hit by a drunk driver and spend the next 4 months in the hospital by which time my 30 day trial had obviously expired. Good news is that I contacted Tech Support directly and got a nice resolution to my problem.

Contacting Sony Tech Support directly would also eliminate the need to deal with the "rude, holier than thou, assume the worst, can't read or understand the original post " individuals in this thread.

FYI... not all trials run the same as Sony's and Synplant is a perfect example. Following quote is from Synplant's web page.

"For evaluation purposes you are allowed to try Synplant for up to three weeks with full functionality. The trial begins the first time you open Synplant in your host sequencer. Synplant then only subtracts weeks from the trial time when you actually use it."