Terry: unless I misread the specs, the camera records mpg2 files, a pretty common file format, to the DVDs. I don’t use Pinnacle, so don’t know whether that NLE will import mpg2 files.
It it can’t handle mpg2 files, download a program called Super, which converts virtually any file format to any other format of your choosing. See what formats Pinnacle will import and change the camera files to whatever is appropriate. Super isn’t difficult to use and does an excellent conversion.
Jack
