AVI to DV conversion

Sorry to resurrect this topic, but I have AVI video files which were originally digitised into Premiere 4.2 using the miroVideo DC30plus M-JPEG[16] codec. I need to import these into FCP. If I import directly, I get audio but blank picture. I tried going via Cleaner6, with same result. There must be software out there somewhere which converts this once very popular AVI variant. Can anyone please help?

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Th problem isn't the AVI, it's the codec inside the AVI. There were hundreds of AVI codecs, most were dropped many years ago and only a scant few were ever available for the Macintosh back in the System 7-OS9 days.
Try Get INfo or Movie Properties to determine what codec was used. I'm guessing it's an Indio product. Then you try to search for it online. There was once a great site called Codec Central but I think it's gone.
Not likely you will find anything so start trying to find someone with a PC and Premiere who can do the conversion for you. Try going to a lowest common denominator codec like Animation. You will need to convert it one more time when you come back to the Macintosh.
There are other routes to take and I hope you get additional advice.

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