Sony .arw Photos

I am trying to import photos into PP CC as part of my video timeline. PP throws a 'file format not supported'. File format is sony raw .arw on a Mac (10.9.3). As I just converted to a new macbook pro I have no adobe legacy programs installed .arw works fine in LR5, PS CC, Bridge CC, and ACR. All adobe programs were downloaded through creative cloud and default locations accepted. I also tried converting the photos in LR5 to .dng files and PP CC would not import those either throwing a 'file appears to have no media data' error. As an aside PP working fine with .mts, .mov, and .jpg.
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To the best of my knowledge, PP doesn't work with RAW still formats. You'll have to convert them in Photoshop to something else. (I like PNG for this.)

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