Kodak videos lag in Premiere Pro CS4 timeline

Hey all,
Apperently there's a bug in Adobe Premiere Pro which makes it difficult to edit videos that were captured in a Kodak camera.
This issue was discussed here before, but even after reading all threads in the subject I could not solve the problem.
I've been trying to convert these files (.mov) to many other formats and codecs with no success.
After a while I got to find this crappy software that claims to specialize in converting Kodak's video files (iOrgSoft Video Converter).  Between many tries of various softwares that was the only one that did  it right. But the software isn't free. The trail version leaves a  watermark on the each video.
Here are the details of the input file (stright from kodak Z950 camera):
General
Complete name                    : D:\100_0314.MOV
Format                           : QuickTime
Format/Info                      : Original Apple specifications
File size                        : 12.5 MiB
Duration                         : 7s 376ms
Overall bit rate                 : 14.2 Mbps
Movie name/More                  : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY  KODAK EASYSHARE Z950 DIGITAL CAMERA
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-09-05 15:01:09
Origin                           : Digital Camera
Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : AdvancedSimple@L3
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : 20
Duration                         : 7s 375ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 14.1 Mbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Variable
Frame rate                       : 30.102 fps
Minimum frame rate               : 30.000 fps
Maximum frame rate               : 31.579 fps
Resolution                       : 24 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.508
Stream size                      : 12.4 MiB (99%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : ADPCM
Format profile                   : U-Law
Codec ID                         : ulaw
Duration                         : 7s 376ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 1 channel
Sampling rate                    : 16.0 KHz
Resolution                       : 16 bits
Stream size                      : 115 KiB (1%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Tagged date                      : UTC 2010-07-22 22:37:14
Here are the details of the only output file that managed to work well in Premiere Pro CS4 (but it has a watermark):
General
Complete name                    : D:\100_0314.mp4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Base Media
Codec ID                         : isom
File size                        : 8.47 MiB
Duration                         : 7s 374ms
Overall bit rate                 : 9 635 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date                      : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Writing application              : Lavf52.61.0
Comment                          : EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY  KODAK EASYSHARE Z950 DIGITAL CAMERA
Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : No
Format settings, ReFrames        : 1 frame
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 7s 374ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 9 558 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Resolution                       : 24 bits
Colorimetry                      : 4:2:0
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.346
Stream size                      : 8.40 MiB (99%)
Writing library                  : x264 core 93
Encoding settings                : cabac=0 / ref=1 / deblock=0:0:0 / analyse=0x1:0 / me=dia / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=4 / chroma_me=0 / trellis=0 / 8x8dct=0 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=0 / wpredp=0 / keyint=12 / keyint_min=7 / scenecut=0 / intra_refresh=0 / rc=cqp / mbtree=0 / qp=30 / ip_ratio=1.25 / aq=0
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date                      : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 7s 314ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 66.15 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : L R
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Resolution                       : 16 bits
Stream size                      : 60.1 KiB (1%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
Tagged date                      : UTC 1970-01-01 00:00:00
I'm looking for another way to convert this file correctly so it will work well in Premiere.
Does anyone have any idea about this?
Thanks in advance,
-Moshe.

Hi,
If CS5 handles this right than I  guess that's about it.
Thanks again for both of you.
This is CS3...with the mainconcept plug in trial ....as mentioned earlier...your original source loaded GREAT into the project...and plays great...etc....
The plug in trial gives that logo thing and has a limit of 5min video I think....although I've exported stuff with this and the logo was NOT on the final export...or was much smaller .....dont know if that would influence you on trying the plug in...
But what I mean to say is with cs3 it works great with the original file you supplied as a sample...
( I used this in another thread here where someone was trying to get timecode to run backwards...which is why you see that timecode thing...)
good luck with everything !  

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