I have been looking for the direct to disk software form canon but can't seem to find it. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Steve, I got it at Canon Asia (link below), but you have to register your XL2 before you can download.

Actually, any NLE software that runs on a laptop will give you the same (or even more) features, so if you can't find the Canon program, it might not be that big a deal.

Richard

http://www.canon-asia.com/#

I think there's a link at Canon Canada somewhere.

I've heard good things about the DV Rack and my guess is that it
blows away any software produced by Canon. Sorry Canon, but
imo remote capture, image browser and the rest seem like they
were programmed in the early 1990's.

http://www.seriousmagic.com/dvrack.cfm