The camera saves files in .tod format instead of .mpg which is unrecognizable to most every video editing software forcing you to pay to download conversion software and codecs. I spent several frustrating hours trying to just get my computer to recognize the camera and still couldn't import the files to imovie, final cut, or on windows vegas 6. Apparently a lot of people are having problems with this camera just google it and read all the posts on help forums. What a waste of money!