AVI clip blackened/choppy when brought into Elements

Hey All,
I'm running APE4 and trying to import CamStudio AVI screen recordings into my project. The AVIs were recorded at high quality (specs/codecs below) and appear crystal clear when played in any video player. When brought into APE4, however, the video clip is mostly blacked (screenshot below) and choppy.
Can somebody please help? A significant portion of my project needs to be these AVIs!
(recorded with CamStudio Lossless Codec v1.4, keyframes every 30 frames, capturing every 20ms, playback 50 frames/s)

I do not use Camtasia footage, but hope to do so, when I upgrade computers and install PrPro CS5 (to produce tutorials), but that does not help here.
I would also post to the Muvipix forum, as several subscribers to that forum also produce video tutorials, and might have much more to offer. Also, as they are on PrE, or older PrPro versions, the issue with the 64-bit TechSmith CODEC's will not come up. That is only a problem with PrPro CS5.
Good luck, and wish that I had more to offer. If you do find some good discussions, please let me know, and I will link to those in that Tips & Tricks article, to help others in the future.
Hunt

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