Media suddenly offline, codec problem?

3 AVI files suddenly went offline after i upgraded from CS4 to CS5
I am unable to find a solution to this myself, anyone out there who can help me?
Thank you. <3

If you're dealing with files that are showing up with only audio and no video, you may have in issue similar to one I had when moving from CS4 to CS5. Somehow CS5 doesn't read things correctly and can't find all the info in the file. My specific scenario was with RED files in a .mov wrapper, but I've seen it happen with other codecs in a .mov wrapper. Never seen it happen with an .avi wrapper, but there's a first-time for everything, I suppose. Try this solution, given to me by Colin Brougham last fall when I had a similar issue. Fixed mine perfectly.
And here's the fix:
Download MPEG Streamclip, and unzip it--no install needed. The latest beta version is fine.
Open one of the broken files in MPEG Streamclip.
Select File > Save As, and select a new save location. You probably want to keep the file name the same as the original (this is the default).
Hit OK.
Profit!
The full details of my problem and Colin's eventual fix can be found here.

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