Premiere CS5 only displays Frames timecode.

I'm using Premiere CS5 to edit some screen capture footage from Camtasia. As such, it has no embedded time code. Once in Premiere, all the displays only show 'Frames'. Normally I can Ctrl+click on the timecode displays to change their format, but in CS5 it simply doesnt work and I'm stuck. Is there a way to force Premeiere to show regular timecode? I need to know what time I'm at, not what frame I'm on. Been using Premeiere since 2.0, so I am adept at the program, this issue is just driving me nuts. Thansk--

And just so you know I'm not crazy--

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What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811
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http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprotraining/2011/02/red-yellow-and-green-render-bars.html
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STEPS TAKEN TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM:
I have scoured the articles here http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=choppy%20video&cat=support&pr oduct=premierepro and others at Cretive Cow
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The Operating system and all software is installed on C:
All data files and most profile related folders are stored on D:
C:\ (one Intel Solid State Drive - SYSTEM DRIVE) Used Space: 57.5 GB Free Space: 388 GB
D:\ (four Western Digital 2TB drives in an on-board INTEL hardware RAID5 array & hotswapable backplane) used space: 1.28 TB Free space: 4.16TB
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Display        Dell 27" LCD (DisplayPort)
Display        Dell 27" LCD (DisplayPort)
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PREFACE:
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Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-fi
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for and going through the grief of installing CS5 - I should have my head
examined (as my Dad used to say to me frequently!), after 13 years of
purchasing the latest Adobe updates. But excuse me, to the subject:
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AndyUrtu:
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data rate: 4259 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4387 kBit / s
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Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 63.5 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 388 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 248 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 61.4 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 1.85 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
the second video clip which you can import without sound (doesn't work with sound):
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1280 x 720
data rate: 4278 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4406 kBit / s
Single bit rate: 29 single images / second
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 69.3 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 407 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 267 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 67.1 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 2.01 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
Consequently, as you can see, they have both nearly the same information
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AAC
In the folder where all raw video clips exist there are a few new files with the codec ending: .AVD ("the name of the file".AVD)
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So obviously, only one of them could be "correct" in terms of reflecting what actually happened. The other one is slightly sped-up or slowed-down. You might say "oh that's a tiny difference, it doesn't matter".
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Hi,
I'm running Premiere CS5 on a Mac (Lion osx 10.7), and for the first time want to transfer a bunch of DV tapes I have recorded over the years. The camera I am using for the transfer is a Panasonic PV-GS250. I would like to be able to transfer over the original date/timecode information in each individual clip so I know when the scene was shot.
Is this possible? I've tried reading through the docs and searched the web, but can't seem to figure out if/how to do this. And/or how to even view that metadata information from within Premiere.
If Premiere is unable to accomplish this, is there a better software that will allow me to capture the video like this?
Thanks,
Eric

Since CS4 (I think...or CS5...) there is the option to display the shot date.
On the bin window click it's context menu button (the upper right one) and choose Metadata display... then choose under Dynamic Media->Shot Date.
If this doesn work with your files, then try the Basic->Date Created choice under metadata too.
This will display on your bin the date of the shooting. It works perfectly with dv tapes captured via firewire. Please note that if the tapes being captured are dubbed tapes, they should be dubbed via firewire too, to maintain metadata. Any other way the metadata will be lost.

Distorted picture while editing MP4 file in Adobe Premiere CS5

hi,
I am trying to edit an MP4 file in the Adobe Premiere CS5 and having a distorted picture every few seconds.
When I am playing the original file using VLC or Media Player it looks OK.
Untill now I didn't have problems with editing MP4 files.
Did anybody had similar problem (and a solution )?
I am adding the file info captured by MediaInfo:
General
Complete name                    : E:\tami\video\M4H04540.MP4
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : Sony PSP
Codec ID                         : MSNV
File size                        : 17.5 MiB
Duration                         : 16s 16ms
Overall bit rate                 : 9 189 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-07-01 07:14:25
Tagged date                      : UTC 2011-07-01 07:14:40
Video
ID                               : 1
Format                           : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile                   : Advanced Coding Efficiency@L4
Format settings, BVOP            : Yes
Format settings, QPel            : No
Format settings, GMC             : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix          : Default (H.263)
Codec ID                         : 20
Duration                         : 16s 16ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 9 000 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 14.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Constant
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.326
Stream size                      : 17.4 MiB (99%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-07-01 07:14:25
Tagged date                      : UTC 2011-07-01 07:14:40
Audio
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                   : LC
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 16s 0ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 64.0 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 1 channel
Channel positions                : Front: C
Sampling rate                    : 24.0 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 125 KiB (1%)
Encoded date                     : UTC 2011-07-01 07:14:25
Tagged date                      : UTC 2011-07-01 07:14:40
Thanks,
Miki

Not a problem; not scolding, just suggesting that users there might be of more help, since CS5/CS5.5 is a whole different animal than CS4.
I suspect that, if setting playback to full resolution didn't help, there's not much you can do with these files as they are. You'll have to convert them to something else. Does the break up appear when you step through the video frame by frame? If not, you could use AME to convert these to something else, which will then let you edit a little more effectively in Premiere Pro.
EDIT: Sorry, missed that you said that exporting retained the blobs. In light of that, you'll have to look at a third-party converter to flip these. MPEG Streamclip for Windows might work.

Premiere CS5 *only* displays Frames timecode.

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