How To: Edit and Stitch RAW DNG Images From RICOH THETA Z1 with Adobe Lightroom Classic CC and THETA Stitcher

This is amazingly frustrating. I did EXACTLY what was suggested above - any many time with the same result:
" A DNG file is required for the [Export Location] of the JPEG/TIFF file. Refer to [Help] and check that the settings for [Export Location] or [File Naming] are correct."

Dear God please help as I’m dead in the water