Ok, so I was able to figure out the software to some degree. One thing that is maddening is that it only allows me to save to cd. Which is odd b/c I have a dvd burner internally within my pc. In any event, the stuff is on a cd, but I can't view it. What am I doing wrong? Another thing, shouldn't I be able to download the software from my camcorder to my harddrive instead? That's how I copy dvd's normally and have never had a problem.

I have the following software and none have been able to allow me to view the video from my camcorder to my cd.

Windows Media Player
Sonic DVD now (came with computer but giving me constant error messages)
Fine Pix
DVD Shrink
DVD Decrypter
Roxio Easy DVD Copier