AVI Files from Canon G6 can not be Imported into Pinnacle Studio 14 HD

AVI Files from Canon G6 can not be Imported into Pinnacle Studio 14 HD

Hello,
I have had this Canon G6 for about four years now,but just bought the Pinnacle Studio 14 HD software to CAPTURE analog files from my VCR/VHS-C camcorder tapes,then EDIT, MAKE MOVIE by burning to DVD, or save as MPEG Files.This software also does Digital Capture,but for some weird reason, not capturing into the STUDIO Program. Just wanted to see if anyone here uses this software and ever experienced this problem with this camera or any other Canon cameras, but exclusively with the G6.

AVI Files from Canon G6 can not be Imported into Pinnacle Studio 14 HD

Ok, Hello!
I can import analog video ( VHS-C. VCR) into Pinnacle 14 HD til the cows come home with little or no problem.
What I'm trying to do, is 'IMPORT' video files which are Video clips and saved through my Canon G6 Digital camera as .AVI files. ( lo-res and hi-res) When I open IMPORT in studio, then OTHER DEVICES, then go to my folder on my HDD that has these newest video clips from today's nephew's soccer game, I try to highlight one clip, then CAPTURE, but nothing happens. Only once it allowed me to import a video clip into Studio, but not anymore, regardless of me shutting down the computer and restarting again. if you can tell me Studio 14 HD does not support AVI files, then why can I save make movie files as AVI files?
I tried these hook up configurations..
(1) Canon G6 plugged into the USB Pinnacle Dazzle DVC 100, (audio/video cables) and tried to import the video clip that way. and then......
(2) I tried CF camera memory card into a USB card reader and tried importing that way.
(3) And finally, I used a USB directly from Canon Camera to Computer and tried to capture that way.

Nothing seemed to work. There's got to be an easier way to be able to import AVI files from camera to STUDIO.

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I went into the HELP files in STUDIO, and clicked on "AVI FIES" This is what I saw..

QUOTE "Although the AVI file type for digital video is itself widely supported, the actual coding and decoding of video and audio data in an AVI file is performed by separate codec software.
Studio supplies a DV and an MJPEG codec. If you wish to output your movie as an AVI in some other format, you can use any DirectShow-compatible codec installed on your PC, as long as that codec is also installed on the PC that will play your movie."' END QUOTE
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****I don't want to OUTPUT my movie into a AVI file, (as the above underlined states) I want to take my existing AVI Video clip (FROM MY DIGITAL CAMERA) and bring it into STUDIO14 HD, to be able to edit, and burn to a DVD, Best Output, or save as an MPEG File. Does this still mean I have to go get another codec encoding software to accomplish this? Seriously? I thought this Pinnacle Studio 14 HD had everything I needed.
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* Another unrelated, yet silly question...My G6 lens cap does not stay on anymore, and wanted to know if anyone has any ideas ..like maybe a very thin piece of weatherstripping, or tape on the inside rim, to make it fit more snug?

Hi again!
Another question I have is when I finish taking video from my G6 and transfer to Hard drive, they have two index files attached the the movie/video clip in my Hard drive folder. I erase/format my compact Flash card,then I moved two of the videos and their index files back onto the camera via card reader and Compact Flash card and they were >
MVI_8809 (video clip)
MVI_8809.AVI.A.index
MVI_8809.AVI.index

I also copied and pasted MVI_8812, and it's two index files as above. When I opened up my camera to play either videos, NO IMAGE. is what I saw. Why would it make any difference if I took off the videos, put them on my computer, then put back only two of the several videos and not be able to replay them?

I also tried the same method by not including the two index files and ONLY THE VIDEO CLIP themselves onto the G6, but again, it said NO IMAGE.

I don't have the Pinnacle software but do have a G6. With the G6, I formatted a memory card and took a few seconds of video. The card files and structure were:

DCIM (a folder)
- 100CANON (a folder)
+ MVI_0001.AVI
+ MVI_0001.THM
- CANONMSC (a folder)
+ 100.CTG
+ D.CTG

The AVI video played fine in the QuickTime player.

With other Canon cameras, I've sometimes encountered difficulty when copying image files back into the memory card because Canon definitely expects a certain organization, file name, file size, aspect ratio, etc.