Adobe Premier Help

I'm not sure if this is considered a graphics program... prolly not... but i do need some help though. I just got a Canon Powershot s110 and have been playing around with the movie mode a bit. I'd like to import these 30 second .avi clips into Premier but when I try, it gives me some sort of error message which basically says it can't use the clips. Do i need to convert them to another format or something? Also, what's the difference between NTSC(something like that) and PAL(something like that) Thanks in advance.

i suggest using another program for this, like virtual dub ...

PAL means color, somthing like rgb

it should let you import the files.. premiere supports all types. probably some technical error.

the diff between PAL & NTSC is the location of distribution (movies/etc) : PAL can be used on PAL machines except if its a universal system. " with NTSC.