Premiere Pro cs5 spielt kein avi ab

Hallo Liebes Forum,
das hier ist mein erster Foreneintrag weil ich mit meinem Latein einfach am ende bin. Normalerweise bin ich immer in der Lage meine Probleme aus eigener Kraft zu lösen aber dieses mal hab ich mehr als genug Nerven verloren. Ich suche jetzt schon seit mehreren Tagen nach einer Lösung..vergebens. Ich hoffe einfach, dass mir hier jemand aus dem Debakel helfen kann.Ich habe mir für ne Stange Geld Premiere Pro cs 5 erworben und leider tut es nicht das was ich gerne hätte.
Zum Problem; Ich habe mir eine Videocam zugelegt die alle Videos in avi produziert. Wenn ich versuche die Datei in Premiere zu inportieren wird nur die Audiodatei angezeig und das Video selbst nicht. Im VLC Player wird die avi problemlos wiedergegeben. Habe auch versucht eine mov. Datei in Premiere abzuspielen da hat das auch reibungslos funktioniert. Ich habe für euch mit G-Spot eine Analyse der avi erstellt um euch die Sache ein bisschen zu verdeutlichen. Den Link binde ich dann unten ein. Ich hoffe ihr könnt mir weiterhelfen weil ansonsten sehe ich wirklich keine andere aussicht.
Bitte erinnert mich falls ich ein wichtiges Detail vergaß. Ansonten bedanke ich mich vielmals und im voraus für eure hilfreichen Antworten.
Taktik89
G-Spot Screenshot :
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hi,
bin auch neu hier, und versuch dir mal ein paar tipps zu geben, falls das noch nicht aufgelöst ist.
eine AVI datei kann aus verschieden codec's bestehen...
es kann in über 15 verschieden codierte .avi bestehen...
manche kann adobe einfach nicht übersetzen ( vlc kann so gut wie alles abspielen^^ )
bekannte codierungen:
H.264 ( sollte mit adobe premiere gehen )
mpegI, mpeg-II, mpeg4,
(ich hab mir mpeg codierten videoformaten - mit meinem cS3 probleme)
mein Tipp:
hol die den converter "SUPER" (freeWare) ...
da kannste damit rumspielen, und rausfinden ob's an den verschiedenen .avi s liegt
auf dauer kann ich mir vorstellen das das konvertieren nervig sein kann, aber ich hab mit meiner cam (AVCHD, .m2Ts)
noch mehr Probleme ... vorallem weil "super" das nich richtig convertiert ...
hoffe ich konnte dir helfen ... würde das ganze (quallitativ) als .mov H.264 proggresiv (p) speichern.
lg JJ

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3 x WD 1TB AV-GP Greenpower 64MB SATA-II (NO RAID)
800W PSU
The problem with preferred suppliers is you get what you are given. Do you think there any 'conflicts' in the above spec?
Appreciate your opinion
Regards
Peter

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