Pentax K-X issues with CS4 (MJPEG codec)

Just got my Pentax K-X and I'm really liking the footage it's able to produce.
I haven't found a great workflow, though, for using it with PPro CS4. If I import the .avi files as-is, they show up in Premiere with seemingly no issues. When I try to play them back, though, only a couple of frames show up (it stays on one frame even though the audio keeps going, and if I scrub I get a 2nd frame but nothing else).
I installed the MainConcept Mpeg HD 4 trial as suggested by several forums on a Google search, but now whenever I import the video all I see is black.
The best workaround I've found so far is to open the original .avi with Quicktime Pro and re-save it as a .mov - this takes a couple minutes per clip, which is much better than capturing a HDV tape, but I'd really like to just drag-and-drop these things and start editing.
Any advice from K-X users or even users of the K7 / D90 / etc.?
Also, what's the best way to setup my sequences for this type of video?
Thanks!

You dont want the MainConcept Mpeg HD 4 but the Mainconcept Motion Jpeg plugin.
http://www.mainconcept.com/site/prosumer-products-4/motion-jpeg-codec-785/information-797. html
Works like a charm on D90 footage.
Project settings need to be the same as the footage.

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T,
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> Nope, it's not there. BG color is in the middle on my
CSS tab under
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> palette. There is no bg inpit filed when clicking inside
a table cell.
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on the little
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borders should be
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> I wanted to hand code everything, I wouldn't be using
dreamweaver.
If you are not willing to learn some HTML and CSS, as well as
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> > Table <td background> background input is
gone from the proprieties
> > palette.
>
> No it's not gone, it's under the CSS 'tab' (look on the
left side) as a Bg
> color well and input field.
>
> Nope, it's not there. BG color is in the middle on my
CSS tab under
> properties
> palette. There is no bg inpit filed when clicking inside
a table cell.
>
>
quote:
> > Table height does not display when selecting a
table, only width. So you
> > have
> > to go into the code and manually change or delete
the table height.
>
> As already stated, table height is invalid HTML - always
has been.
>
>
> Apologies, I learned from Dreamweaver. And since
Dreamweaver 8 (my current
> program) does have it, I'm conditioned. I will now
understand Dreamweaver
> taught me incorrectly and learn better coding.
>
>
quote:
> > Selecting an image and linking it, automatically
populates without a
> > border="0" resulting in an unwanted border color.
It should be "0" by
> > default
> > like version 8.
>
> No, it shouldn't. The border attribute is deprecated in
HTML 4.0 (see the
> Reference panel in DW). It should be replaced with this
simple CSS on
> your
> page -
>
> a img { border:none; }
>
> On rule hits all the images that are within a hyperlink.
>
>
>
> Yes, it should. Like alt tags are defaulted to 'empty'
borders should be
> given
> a default value. I fail to see why the new version
doesn't do this
> anymore. It
> should be a CSS option for images then somewhere in the
properties
> palette. If
> I wanted to hand code everything, I wouldn't be using
dreamweaver.
>
quote:
> > I can't drag a file to the tab bar and be allowed
to open it. Not sure
> > why
> > that's not allowed?
>
> It's just not. Never has been.
>
>
> Ah, that's my point. It *should*.
>
>
quote:
> > Viewing in Safari, when clicking back onto
Dreamweaver, the top bar will
> > interact with Safari's tool bar. I have to click on
and off to get
> > Dreamweaver
> > to draw on top of Safari. When this happens, there
are also white
> > flashes
> > where
> > windows are blank when clicking once on a tab or
design view, then on
> > second
> > click the window draws. So anytime I click on the
tool bars the page
> > flashes
> > white (empty-void of my html) and reappears on next
click. This happens
> > on
> > first start, does not happen if I relaunch DW.
>
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>
>
>
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relaunch fixes it. Might
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just know it has
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