Avid omfi conversion to CS4 Premiere Pro.

Tried the other available resources for an answer- found nothing definnitive. I Have numerous Avid Media composer projects (OMFI format) that I need to import/convert to CS4 Premiere Pro. Any suggestions on plan of atttack. Can it be achieved. Thanks

You might ask in the CS4 forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/premierepro_previous
Otherwise, some general information about conversion
Tools to Convert to DV-AVI http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415317?tstart=0
Convert http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ:How_do_I_convert_my_files%3F
I have NOT used the products below, I only forward due to other mentions
$99 http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1175714228541#tabview=tab0
$99 http://www.womble.com/products/mvw.html
$90 http://www.magix.com/us/movie-edit-pro/ plus $5 Ship
$80 http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html
$75 http://www.videoredo.com/en/index.htm
$70 http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html Converter
$40 http://www.daniusoft.com/dvd-ripper.html#135
$40 http://www.deskshare.com/dmc.aspx Digital Media Converter
$20 http://www.topsoftwareol.com/product/Video/Video_Converter_Standard.html
$00 http://www.dvddecrypter.org.uk/ or http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/
$00 http://www.squared5.com/ MPEG Streamclip Converter
$00 http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html Multi-Converter <-- supposed to be very good
$00 http://www.virtualdub.org/ Mpeg to AVI Converter

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