Is anybody editing AVCHD Lite?

Hello,
I have been using a work flow on CS4 with Canon 5DMarkII video, coverted in Neoscene, and editing in Premeire.
I am also using the much smaller Panasonic GF1 which captures video in AVCHD Lite and Mpeg video; I am unable to convert with Neoscene. Anybody have a solution.
Thanks alot
john
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How about reading previous discussions?
http://forums.adobe.com/search.jspa?communityID=3381&resultTypes=MESSAGE&q=avchd+lite

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