Hang upon importing footage into premiere cs4 using iMac

hello,
Ive been trying to import some footage into adobe premiere cs4 on the iMac. This is the first time I've ever used adobe premiere on the imac. When i try to import anything (ie: import an avi file, sequence, or old adobe premiere project) the program just hangs for hours.
I had been working on a project in adobe premiere on the windows. Then i took that project and transferred it over to the mac by copying and pasting the files through a server. When i try to import anything at all, again, it hangs.
I;d appreciate any help with this.'Thanks

Below is from Wikipedia and there are two links at the bottom that specifiy AVCHD Lite. Although I see you have already tried one of them...
AVCHD UpShift is a Windows-based conversion utility from NewBlueFX that allows batch coversion of AVCHD originated footage into high bitrate MPEG .m2t files for editing any HD / MPEG2 capable NLE.
FFDshow is a free, Open Source collection of codecs, including AVCHD.[28]
Another product is CoreAVC, a reasonably cheap and quick h.264 decoder for Windows, which can decode AVCHD as well as a variety of other h.264 formats.
Nero Vision can convert AVCHD files to other formats such as MPEG-2 or AVI and can import them for use in video editing projects. Nero Vision can also export Sony's M2TS format to MPEG-4 files that can be viewed by Quicktime 7.
There is a transcoder to convert AVCHD into P2[29], which is a format you can import into Avid's MXF file format. The transcoder was created by Main Concept and is distributed free of charge by Panasonic. Version 1.1 and earlier will convert AVCHD media from any camera, while version 1.2 and higher is locked to only work with AVCHD media created with Panasonic cameras.
Latest version VAIO Editing Components that pre-loaded with Sony VAIO PCs can serve as a plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro 2 to support AVC-HD import/export and editing.
DVDFlick is a free, Open Source Application for burning to DVD [30]
Splash player is a media player with very fast H.264/AVC decoder based on GPU or multicore CPU
AVS Video Converter can convert AVCHD into a number of different formats. (mov/mpg/avi/mp4/flv/3gp/rm)
Roxio Toast 10 Titanium on Mac OS X will convert AVCHD to any format your computer has installed.
VoltaicHD will convert AVCHD Lite format to a number of different formats (for OS-X and Windows).
HandBrake will convert AVCHD Lite format to AVI, MP4, MKV and OGM (tested on OSX; other versions available)
Alive HD Video Converter can convert AVCHD into many other formats.

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