After Effects won't recognize videos compressed in H264?

When I import videos into After Effects the appear on the screen but only show up as a black screen for the duration of the clip. The videos are compressed in H264.

You need to be more specific! What version of AE? Running the trial? Where do those files come from? Are there other programs on the system that may have a hold on the relevant CoDecs? What are your prefs for hardware acceleration in AE? What system specs? Could be that things are busted on your system, could be that you are simply using crappy, non-standard compliant video from a cheap digital photo camera...
Mylenium

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