Video files shown as Audio files ? CS4

Ok so i have spent a day filming a short film on my Panasonic HDC-TM10, the files save as .MTS (AVCHD)
I copied all the files from my camera to my HDD..
All the files play fine on Windows Media Player, though some open a bit slower to start, then play fine and normal (remember i said this)..
I import all the .MTS files into Premiere Pro CS4, and out of random about half of the files are how they should be, play fine, edit fine.
BUT some other random files ( one of a shot of an actor opening a door, the others of a television turned on) appear and play as audio files in the group of my clips (they have audio icons, the other working ones have the film icon).. it seems completely random to me ? why these shots and all the rest are fine, i used no different settings on the camera all are equal..
Out of my own knowledge i would thought its a file codec issue? as i tried changing the file extensions to .mpg and windows gave each file a notepad XML of some random adobe tech info, the files that appear in premiere pro as audio files only had audio info compaired to the ones that worked fine had video info aswell (such as FPS and resolution info)..
So i dont get what the hecks going on here, as i said, all files play fine in windows media player (with the slight beginning load of the weird files which then play as normal..) so why are these certain shots recognised as audio files in premiere pro ?
I am sure there is some simple solution to this, so any help much appreciated, Thankyou.

IVE FOUND THE SOLUTION !!!!!!!!
OK after about 10 hours of testing and tweaking and frustration here i am proud to say..
To all Panasonic AVCHD camera users, that have strange file issues, that do not work in certain programs..
Turn the setting 'Digital Cinema Colour' [OFF] when advancing the zoom in shots.
-Digital Cinema Colour is OK to use if on x1 zoom (no zooming in used) but if any zooming optical or digital turn it OFF.
What i think is the problem here is this digital cinema colour interfearing with video codec somehow ?
It says on my camera for the info of digital cinema colour..
"Record motion pictures with more vivid colours, using x.v.colour(trade mark sony) technology." < AND THIS IS A PANASONIC CAMERA ?!?
NOW, x.v.colour is apparently only compatible on certain televisions and cameras for "viewing"
I on to something here.. I have identified a major flaw by panasonic, that zoomed shots on DCC get corrupted..
To back up my testing i repeatedly filmed sequences off shots i with DCC on or off, i wrote down a sequence to shoot in that went..
[ON],[OFF,][ON],[OFF],[OFF],[ON,[OFF],[ON,
..I used planned random sequences to crack coincidences.
The results were not a coincidence, the files were imported, and the shots with Digital Cinema Colour [ON] were imported as audio files..
So to conclude this, thankyou very much to all your support, I have found usefull programs you have given me i will use onwards, thankyou.

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