Help getting AVI files into PE12

I have AVI videos from some cheap Hitachi HD cameras which won't load in PE12. The files load as just audio, but play back fine on the computer.
I've read the various threads on similar issues but haven't found a good work around yet.
GSpot shows the codec as H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
I have tried using FFMpeg to rewrap the files as mp4 as shown in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/854115 , but I just get an unsupported codec error when I import the mp4s.
I've found that installing k-lite codec pack lets the video play, but the playback goes jerky after a few seconds.
I copied the reports from GSpot and MediaInfo. I really want to find a way to get these working without doing full conversions of all the files each time, since this has damaged the quality in the past. If conversion is the only option, can anyone suggest exactly how to convert these files without losing any quality?
Many thanks to anyone who can help.
General
Count                                    : 285
Count of stream of this kind             : 1
Kind of stream                           : General
Kind of stream                           : General
Stream identifier                        : 0
Inform                                   : AVI: 15.1 MiB, 11s 712ms
Count of video streams                   : 1
Count of audio streams                   : 1
Video_Format_List                        : AVC
Video_Format_WithHint_List               : AVC
Codecs Video                             : AVC
Audio_Format_List                        : ADPCM
Audio_Format_WithHint_List               : ADPCM (Intel)
Audio codecs                             : ADPCM
Complete name                            : \\marge\Users\Sixth Form\Upper\April.Gunn\My Documents\My Videos\026.AVI
Folder name                              : \\marge\Users\Sixth Form\Upper\April.Gunn\My Documents\My Videos
File name                                : 026
File extension                           : AVI
Format                                   : AVI
Format                                   : AVI
Format/Info                              : Audio Video Interleave
Format/Extensions usually used           : avi
Commercial name                          : AVI
Internet media type                      : video/vnd.avi
Interleaved                              : Yes
Codec                                    : AVI
Codec                                    : AVI
Codec/Info                               : Audio Video Interleave
Codec/Extensions usually used            : avi
File size                                : 15823980
File size                                : 15.1 MiB
File size                                : 15 MiB
File size                                : 15 MiB
File size                                : 15.1 MiB
File size                                : 15.09 MiB
Duration                                 : 11712
Duration                                 : 11s 712ms
Duration                                 : 11s 712ms
Duration                                 : 11s 712ms
Duration                                 : 00:00:11.712
Overall bit rate mode                    : VBR
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 10808730
Overall bit rate                         : 10.8 Mbps
Stream size                              : 37760
Stream size                              : 36.9 KiB (0%)
Stream size                              : 37 KiB
Stream size                              : 37 KiB
Stream size                              : 36.9 KiB
Stream size                              : 36.88 KiB
Stream size                              : 36.9 KiB (0%)
Proportion of this stream                : 0.00239
Recorded date                            : 2004-03-04
File creation date                       : UTC 2004-03-04 20:19:40.000
File creation date (local)               : 2004-03-04 20:19:40.000
File last modification date              : UTC 2004-03-04 20:19:40.000
File last modification date (local)      : 2004-03-04 20:19:40.000
Writing library                          : AMBA
Writing library                          : AMBA
ICRT                                     : 20:19:39
Video
Count                                    : 272
Count of stream of this kind             : 1
Kind of stream                           : Video
Kind of stream                           : Video
Stream identifier                        : 0
StreamOrder                              : 0
Inform                                   : 10.4 Mbps, 1920*1080 (16:9), at 29.970 fps, AVC ([email protected]) (CABAC / 4 Ref Frames)
ID                                       : 0
ID                                       : 0
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format/Url                               : http://developers.videolan.org/x264.html
Commercial name                          : AVC
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=1, N=4
Internet media type                      : video/H264
Codec ID                                 : H264
Codec                                    : H264
Codec                                    : AVC
Codec/Family                             : AVC
Codec/Info                               : Intel H.264
Codec/CC                                 : H264
Codec profile                            : [email protected]
Codec settings                           : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Codec settings, CABAC                    : Yes
Codec_Settings_RefFrames                 : 4
Duration                                 : 11712
Duration                                 : 11s 712ms
Duration                                 : 11s 712ms
Duration                                 : 11s 712ms
Duration                                 : 00:00:11.712
Bit rate mode                            : VBR
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 10401036
Bit rate                                 : 10.4 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                         : 12375040
Maximum bit rate                         : 12.4 Mbps
Width                                    : 1920
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1080
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Pixel aspect ratio                       : 1.000
Display aspect ratio                     : 1.778
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate                               : 29.970
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Frame count                              : 351
Resolution                               : 8
Resolution                               : 8 bits
Colorimetry                              : 4:2:0
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Scan type                                : Progressive
Interlacement                            : PPF
Interlacement                            : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.167
Stream size                              : 15227116
Stream size                              : 14.5 MiB (96%)
Stream size                              : 15 MiB
Stream size                              : 15 MiB
Stream size                              : 14.5 MiB
Stream size                              : 14.52 MiB
Stream size                              : 14.5 MiB (96%)
Proportion of this stream                : 0.96228
Buffer size                              : 12375040 / 12375040
Audio
Count                                    : 222
Count of stream of this kind             : 1
Kind of stream                           : Audio
Kind of stream                           : Audio
Stream identifier                        : 0
Inform                                   : 384 Kbps, 48.0 KHz, 4 bits, 2 channels, ADPCM (Intel)
ID                                       : 1
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : ADPCM
Commercial name                          : ADPCM
Codec ID                                 : 11
Codec ID/Hint                            : Intel
Codec                                    : 11
Codec                                    : ADPCM
Codec/Family                             : ADPCM
Codec/Info                               : Intel ADPCM
Codec/CC                                 : 11
Duration                                 : 11608
Duration                                 : 11s 608ms
Duration                                 : 11s 608ms
Duration                                 : 11s 608ms
Duration                                 : 00:00:11.608
Bit rate mode                            : CBR
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 384000
Bit rate                                 : 384 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 2
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Sampling rate                            : 48000
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Samples count                            : 557184
Resolution                               : 4
Resolution                               : 4 bits
Bit depth                                : 4
Bit depth                                : 4 bits
Stream size                              : 559104
Stream size                              : 546 KiB (4%)
Stream size                              : 546 KiB
Stream size                              : 546 KiB
Stream size                              : 546 KiB
Stream size                              : 546.0 KiB
Stream size                              : 546 KiB (4%)
Proportion of this stream                : 0.03533
Interleave, duration                     : 1.29
Interleave, duration                     : 43
Interleave, duration                     : 43 ms (1.29 video frame)

EHogger,
As has been pointed out, the H.264 AVCHD CODEC, inside the AVI wrapper is non-standard, but some camera mfgrs. insist on doing that. The problem is that Premiere (either flavor) is not coded to look for H.264 inside an AVI. While AVI can contain a lot of different CODEC's, having H.264 inside is not what most programs expect.
Hope that Neale's suggetion works for you.
As far as editing ANY H.264 material, the main apect of a computer, that will come into play is the CPU. An underpowered computer will have issues playing it smoothly, as it takes a lot of CPU cycles to work with that material, under good circumstances. In the provided information, I did not see the specs. of your computer, but if the CPU is less than a very fast i5, playback performance may weill suffer.
Good luck,
Hunt

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