VS X2 can't handle MTS files?

[Brain Champagne]

Al, it's complicated to retrofit old cars with seat belts, but here's a better analogy-
I can put a new radio in my car without having to buy a whole new car.

I can understand the software not working with higher-def videos than existed when the software was created (although Bob's post, that newer software still isn't glitch-free, is worrisome). My bigger issue is that the audio on transitions has glitches which make transitions on some of my videos very difficult.

[pvreditor]

Al, it's complicated to retrofit old cars with seat belts, but here's a better analogy-
I can put a new radio in my car without having to buy a whole new car.

I can understand the software not working with higher-def videos than existed when the software was created (although Bob's post, that newer software still isn't glitch-free, is worrisome). My bigger issue is that the audio on transitions has glitches which make transitions on some of my videos very difficult.

When you find software that is completely glitch free, please let us know. I wasn't expecting VS x6 to work with 28 Mbps AVCHD files, but was hopeful. I'm pretty sure x6 will have some glitches once I get into it, but lack of 28 Mbps AVCHD support isn't one of them.

If VideoStudio was enterprise software that cost $50,000 and had a $5,000 per year support contract, then I can agree with your "replace the radio" analogy. If I had software upon which the operation of my business rested, then replacing modules to keep it up to date makes sense. However, that doesn't track with $60 consumer software -- if you want new features, then you have to get the latest version. (FWIW, I actually paid $40 for VS x4.)

That said, I thought it was terrible policy on the part of Corel that VS x2 was advertised to work with AVCHD, yet it glitched badly with video from my (and many others') Canon AVCHD camcorder. Corel should have found and fixed that problem, since the software was advertised as being capable of working with AVCHD. Even VS x3 was not completely cured of this glitch, although it was better. Fixing a glitch in an advertised feature is something that the manufacturer *should* do. Adding new features to old software (which may not have the programming structure to support them) is not.

Bob Kovacs
http://www.bobkovacs.com

[Brain Champagne]

Completely glitch-free? How about reasonably glitch-free?

I've been using the new version of WordPerfect and it seems to work fine. My smartphone doesn't seem to have problems (the Android calendar app won't go back more than a month or forward more than a year on the phone, but I think google did that deliberately to get people to go to their website). My car's software hasn't glitched. Software is complicated but some is better than others.

Here's what I'm doing before buying new software:
Going to the user boards (like this one) and seeing how many of the posts are How Do You Do This vs. This Is Not Working Right.

I know they fixed this a long time ago but frankly, the inability to shrink VS so it doesn't take up the whole monitor is astonishing. It's like buying a car without adjustable seats.