FLV import Problem / .264 files slow

Hey,
for my work I have to use hours of .flv files daily. These are VODs from Twitch which I have to edit. Being stream related content these files often get "corrupted" because of internet connection/Twitch problems. In the .flv files this is not really a problem - most of the time you see a brief stutter but everything else is fine. Now I obviously can not import .flv files into Premiere Pro CC so I used FLV Extract to export a .aac and .264 file from the FLV container. These files import just fine into Premiere Pro but the main problem here is that when working with a .264 file the previews render VERY slow and often red frames appear. Also when exporting a file it takes MUCH time and barely uses my CPU at all (tested with other files and formats and they worked just fine).
It is also interesting to note that the .aac and .264 files have different lengths and thus get out of sync. How much depends on the source .flv file (most likely how much it got corrupted due to various reasons?)
My PC specs are 32 GB RAM, GeForce GTX760 Video Card, I7-4790 CPU & 3 7200 RPM HDDs
Media Info
Original .flv file
General
Complete name                            : E:\Projects\0.flv
Format                                   : Flash Video
File size                                : 237 MiB
Duration                                 : 30mn 1s
Overall bit rate                         : 1 101 Kbps
Tagged date                              : UTC 2014-06-10 20:38:05
Tagging application                      : flvmeta 1.1-r213
Video
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : 7
Duration                                 : 30mn 1s
Bit rate                                 : 941 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.015
Stream size                              : 208 MiB (88%)
Audio
Format                                   : AAC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                           : LC
Codec ID                                 : 10
Duration                                 : 30mn 1s
Bit rate                                 : 125 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L R
Sampling rate                            : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Delay relative to video                  : 24ms
Stream size                              : 28.4 MiB (12%)
.264 file
General
Complete name                            : E:\Projects\0.264
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
File size                                : 207 MiB
Video
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Now my first question would be: why has Premiere Pro such difficulties when working with these .264 files? Do I lack any codecs? Are some settings in Premiere Pro wrong? Is there any workaround or solution? As long as Premiere Pro works fine with these files I wouldn't mind them being out of sync since I can fix that manually.
I also tried using FFMPEG to change the container from .flv to .mp4 which worked and resulted in me being able to import the files into Premiere Pro but even though the video and audio track had the same length this time - they were still out of sync and much more difficult to re-sync them if at all possible so this didn't help much. I also tried video converter programs to convert to other file formats but the out of sync problem still carried over.
So as an alternative question: is there any way to convert the original .flv files properly so I am able to import and work with them? Meaning they are still in sync and keep the original quality.
The solutions should be as efficient as possible (quick) since I have to go through hours of content every day.
I am very grateful to anyone trying to help. It is VERY much appreciated. Thanks.
(for a test file you can download a flv file using www.twitchtools.com with the video link http://www.twitch.tv/trumpsc/b/537543702 - a corrupted part that ALWAYS speeds up is in the first few minutes (if you download part 7) when he opens the arena rewards when the key comes down)

I very much appreciate the help. Sorry for any lack of clarity or apparent density on my part. Up late last night.
I have a single internal drive formatted "Mac OS Extended (journaled)". It is a 160GB drive with 20GB free.
I have two maxtor FW 400 160GB drives. Each with about 80GB free. One plugged into the back of the computer, one into the front. Not daisy chained.
I have a P2 Store which connects via USB 2, and the HVX which I connect to the FW 800 port on the back of the computer.
Like I said, I've tried every conceivable combination of these devices. I've imported directly from the camera via FW to the internal drive using FCP. I've gone from the camera directly to both of the FW drives using FCP. I've also transferred from the camera, to the internal drive, then imported using FCP from the internal to the FW drive set as my scratch disc. And so forth.
But no matter what the permutation, I get the same result. And again, it doesn't seem to be an issue of moving these blocks of data around. That seems to happen just fine as far as I can tell. If I start the import, then watch the clips being created in the capture folder, they agregate just fine. It's only once they've reached their full data size (in ref'c to the original mxf files) that the import process hangs. The larger the clips, the longer the hangs (though fewer in number, obviously).
I deleted the FCP preferences and repaired permissions on my internal HDD with no alteration of the problem.
The only other observation I've had, is that when the hangups happen, and the little ball starts spinning, I also hear a high pitched whining from inside the computer case. It does not sound like usual HDD work.
Hope that I've given a better sense of the situation. Thanks for bearing with me
GPL
PowerMac G5 Dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.3.9) 2.5 GB RAM

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ID                                                                                : 0 (0x0)
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ID                                                                                : 4113 (0x1011)
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Duration                                                                      : 12s 946ms
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Width                                                                      : 1 440 pixels
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Frame rate                                                            : 29.970 fps
Color space                                                            : YUV
Chroma subsampling                                        : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                                                      : 8 bits
Scan type                                                                      : Interlaced
Scan order                                                            : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                                                  : 0.213
Stream size                                                            : 15.3 MiB (93%)
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ID                                                                                : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                                                      : 1 (0x1)
Format                                                                      : AC-3
Format/Info                                                            : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                                                  : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness                              : Big
Codec ID                                                                      : 129
Duration                                                                      : 13s 24ms
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Bit rate                                                                      : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                                                            : 2 channels
Channel positions                                                  : Front: L R
Sampling rate                                                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                                                      : 16 bits
Compression mode                                        : Lossy
Stream size                                                            : 407 KiB (2%)
Text
ID                                                                                : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID                                                                      : 1 (0x1)
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I'd just like to add an update to this post.
b Summary:
*K-Lite Codec Pack clashes with Sony's Picture Motion Browser (PMB) software
*Analysis of video in Sony's PMB is well worth doing!
*You can Drag and Drop clips from Sony's PMB into PRE7
b Detail:
As you've probably gathered I have now settled on using Sony's Picture Motion Browser (PMB) to Catalog all my video. Sorry Adobe to talk about someone elses product but the Adobe Organizer just can't cope with AVCHD footage no matter how you manage to import it! It's far too sluggish and my PC has an Intel Core i7 940 CPU with 6GB RAM and a 10,000 RPM HDD!
Anyway, in my first post you'll have read me raving about the K-Lite Codec Pack but sadly I've had to uninstall it because it kept on causing PMB to crash. PMB runs much smoother and quicker WITHOUT that codec pack. Something about it clashed with PMB. The once agile PMB became sluggish and unresponsive.
Having now removed the codec pack PMB is back to being agile and generaly lovely.
To view AVCHD footage outside of PMB I have reverted to using Cyberlink's PowerDVD 8 - there's always a pregnant pause between double-clicking on the clip and it playing but that's the only drawback.
If you are going to use Sony's PMB for cataloging your video collection (and I recommend you do so BUT only if you have AVCHD footage - otherwise stick to Adobe's Organiser) then I can fully recommend "Analyzing" all of your footage. This takes time and a bit of patience because it kept stopping for no apparent reason but would readily start up again (without having to do anything else) BUT once it's done it'll reward you with the following:
*Filter on any combination of Scenery, People, Smiles - e.g. with a click of a button you can isolate footage that contains smiles, etc
*Face Search - if you select some or all of the footage in the right-hand pane it will then put a small thumbnail for all of the different faces in that selected footage in the bottom "Face Search" pane. If you then click on one of those thumbnails it will jump to the clip(s) that contain that face and grey out all the other clips
*Expand Videos - This tool is brilliant! In normal viewing mode you get a thumbnail of the video whether you're in Folder view, Calender view or Detail List view. If, however, you select "Expand Videos" from the tool bar it will show you a series of frames contained within that clip. You can choose from "Highlights" or various regular intervals (5 secs, 10 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, etc). The Highlights option does a pretty good job of picking out the significant changes within the clip
Lastly, I have discovered that you can drag a clip from Sony's PMB into PRE7. It won't let you put it directly onto the Timeline but it will let you drop it into the Project file list (found under the Edit tab).
I do hope that this info has helped others like me who are trying to get to grips with editing and cataloging AVCHD footage.
Patrick

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uninstalled and reinstalled latest Quicktime
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