Bridge CS5, metadata searching and video previews

Hello everyone, my first post here and I'm hoping to receive a little assistance or a point in the right direction. 
Here's a brief history of my issue.  I'm a military videographer assigned to a new unit and I am trying to build a video library.  I'm shooting with a Sony EX1 and completely tapeless -- which is new territory for me.  As I increase the size of my video library I'd like to utilize Bridge as a method of searching for, previewing, and retrieving video files.  Bridge certainly seems capable of performing all those tasks; but I am having issues. 
To begin with, it seems the tags I place on a .mp4 in Premiere Pro (PP) using the Project Panel don't appear in Bridge.  What I mean by this is if I place keywords on a clip in PP and then search for those keywords in Bridge no search results are returned.  I figured maybe the issue is the keywords are only useful within PP, although I thought those keywords were saved as metadata with the .mp4 file.  I relented with using PP to log my video clips and instead tested out OnLocation (OL).  Using OL I noticed some of the metadata I placed on my .mp4 files did show up within the Metadata Panel in Bridge but when I attempt to perform a search I only get results if I am within the folder the .mp4 exists in.  If I am in a parent directory to the folder the .mp4's directory is in then I get zero search results.
I thought I might be able to work around this issue by using the Sony software that came with my camera called Clip Browser.  With this program I can save some basic metadata such as title, creater, and description but again when I attempt to search for any of that information in Bridge, I get no query results.
Ideally what I would like to be able to do is use PP to log metadata for my .mp4 clips and store those clips in directories based on categories (i.e. Training, Aircraft, Personnel, etc.)  Then whenever I needed to find a certain kind of shot, perform a quick Bridge search based on keywords or caption information to retrieve the footage I want.  I'm uncertain whether I have stumbled upon an issue with cross-communication between the programs concerning metadata or perhaps I am missing a step or doing something else incorrectly.
Finally, as great an idea as I feel I have, the whole thing is a wash currently because I cannot preview any .mp4 within the Bridge application.  I simple get a movie icon and no playback.  Linking back up with the grand-scheme, after I search for a clip I'd like to be able to preview the results in Bridge to pick the best footage from the available clips. 
My post is a little long and I hope somewhere in there I detailed my issues clearly.  I appreciate any help anyone can offer.  Thanks for taking your time to respond.

Several issues here, so will try to address them, and welcome to the forum.
1.  I have never used Premiere Pro, but believe it uses a database for the keywords, while Bridge writes the keywords to the image.  In the case of a RAW file, and perhaps video files it writes them to an XMP file.  I believe there is an option in PP to write the metadata to file rather than database, and then Bridge can read it.
2.  For the search to work the folders must be indexed.  This occurs when you visit the folder, or you can force the issue by clicking on the box "include non-indexed folders".  Also the search goes from the start position and goes down the directory tree, so you need to start the search above where you want to search.
3.  Preview of mpeg files is still a problem.  Adobe staff from PP has entered the fray as using the K-lite codec package is causing problems in PP and other Adobe programs.  Herfe is the link to the rather long discussion.  It is still ongoing.  http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652660?tstart=30

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