Connecting to a Panasonic VDR-D220 camcorder

I connected this camera to my power PC G5 version 10.5.4 and I select "connect PC Connect (Disc)" - then it waits several minutes - nothing happens and then it says disconnect USB cable. I'm trying to download the video into Imovie. I downloaded the photos just fine in Pictbridge USB function.
Any ideas on how to get it to read the disc?

I believe that camera records to Mini DVD discs, which is a final delivery format not intended for editing. If so, you won't be able to capture from the camera but you can convert the DVD's VOB files into an editable format.
Place the finalized DVD disc into a tray loading DVD drive. Use MPEG Streamclip to handle the conversion. You'll also need the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component if you don't already have it installed on your system.
-DH

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