Nikon D3s + PrPro-CS4 w/ Vista64 Newbie Help?

I know, a D3s is not a real video camera...
I sure could use a few pointers to at least get started with just getting the video to display properly in PrProCS4, if someone has the time to offer some help?
I can open/ edit/ save the AVI file that the D3s creates with Premiere Elements v7, no problem. But when I open the same video in PremierePro CS4 I hear the audio, but the video does not move.
I'll soon be watching the Lynda Learning Premiere Pro videos (haven't started my free 30 day trial). But is there something specific I need to know just to get started with editing D3s video with PProCS4?
My System: P4-PC Quad 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM, Vista64, 2x WD 300GB 10k VelociRaptor Drives w/60GB free on the scratch. Works flawlessly with Photoshop CS4(64) and all' openGL' stuff works there.
Here's where I am now:
1) In the New Project I selected DV and HDV (tried both). The D3s manual states: 1280 x 720 pixels HD @ 24fps.
2) I used the DV-24P Widescreen 32kHz sequence preset (D3s built-in audio is only 11-12bit audio)
I then double-clicked on a clip in the media browser and it appeared in the Source window with the 1st frame of the video displayed. So far so good :-) I then pressed the 'play' button below it and nothing moves in the video.
So that’s where I'm stuck. Could someone please help point me in the right direction :-)
Thanks for any help to just get started..
Russell

Harm Millaard wrote:
Use GSpot to determine the codec used and then make a custom/desktop sequence that exactly matches your footage. DV and HDV ar both incoorect. What it should be I don't know, that's why you ought to use GSpot.
The video is now displayng properly .... hooray!! :-)
Here's my current settings:
New Sequence
Sequence name : Sequence01
General:
Editing Mode: DV 24p
Timebase: 23.976 Fps
Pixel Aspect: D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9 (1.2121)
Display Format: 24fps Timecode
Audio
Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Display: Audio Samples
Video Previews
Preview File Format: Microsoft AVI DV NTSC
Codec: (Grayed out)
Both 'Max Bit Depth' and 'Max Render Quality' are unchecked
I just installed the MainConcept MJPG Codec but have not re-booted. It would appear from the above that I'm currently using "Microsoft AVI DV NTSC" which has the options and the codec button grayed out. The preview image looks fine though.
So far, do the settings above appear appropriate considering the format info that GSpot provided?
Thanks
Russell

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Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:06:11 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Lightroom 2 won't import Nikon D3s files
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