Where is the Media Encoder CS4 support forum?

hi guys, i'm trying to sort out what input codecs ME accepts.  but i can't find where the ME forums are.
yeah, i've also spent 40 minutes with Adobe telephone support, only to learn that they, too, would like R&D to tell them exactly what codecs ME is supposed to support ....
(in my particular case, i'm trying to get avi/cram into CS4; i realize it's not supported directly, so i'm trying to figure out what interim format is best to use.  the two i tried so far both result in "Codec Initialization Problem!")

Same general question or same exact question?  I guess I'll upgrade to ME CS5 and see if things are different.
In the meantime, Microsoft helped me (lets see how fast this gets deleted ...).  Turns out that i can use the $49 "Microsoft Expression Encoder 3 with IIS Smooth Streaming" to do the screen capture, and it will then support transcoding it to 264, which i then copy over to my Mac and work with in CS4.  This seems to be the best way to do screen cast recording.

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