Editing Camtasia AVI files in CS5?

Greetings,
Previousely I have had no problems editing Techsmith Camtasia Studio files in Adobe Premiere CS4 and previous. However, with CS5 I do not see the TSCC (Techsmith Screen Capture Codec) on the list of Codecs that can be worked with even though it is installed. Maybe something to do with 64bit?
My workflow is that I would rough edit the captured video in Camtasia Studio, export it as an AVI file using the TSCC losless codec.
I would then create a new project in Premiere and choose a custom editing mode from the General Tab and choose Techsmith as the editing mode. Choose the frame rate, frame size, square pixels, progressive etc.
Now with CS5, Techsmith does not even show up as an option, only desktop editing mode.
If I use desktop as the setting and I import my AVI file, I only get the audio and not the video, so it seems like Premiere can't see the codec.
Any suggestions on how to get this to work as I prefer to work in Premiere's edit mode.
Thanks!
Martin

Martin,
This ARTICLE might prove useful.
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General
Complete name                            : C:\Users\User\Desktop\Atlanta 2 endorsements so pd.avi
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
File size                                : 214 MiB
Duration                                 : 1mn 16s
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 23.4 Mbps
Writing application                      : Matrox MQSink Filter For MPEG. Format: 4. Build: 2.0.0.269
Video
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : MPEG Video
Format version                           : Version 2
Format profile                           : 4:2:2@Main
Format settings, BVOP                    : No
Format settings, Matrix                  : Custom
Format settings, picture structure       : Frame
Codec ID                                 : MMES
Codec ID/Info                            : I-frame
Codec ID/Hint                            : Matrox
Duration                                 : 1mn 16s
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 23.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 25.0 Mbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 4:3
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:2
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 2.254
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