i also recently purchased the jvc gz hd7u, and ran into the same prob... my specific question is : by doing what you do ( using the jvc softwre to download files then adobe premiere to edit, do you lose any resolution? ie, am i converting to mpeg twice? ( I export the adobe finished product to a dvd, using mpeg to burn onto dvds, or to put on the web.
is adobe coming out soon with the fix to recognize that format?