Capture only Capturing Video

Sometime within the last week, my version of Final Cut Express 4.0.1 has stopped capturing audio. Whenever I capture a clip from my JVC camcorder through firewire, I only get video. The video has no problems, but there is no audio. I have not changed any settings, and anyway I can't find any settings within Final Cut in which I could capture video only. Has anyone run into this problem? Is there something I need to do to fix it? Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Are you sure there is no audio?
When you drag a clip into the timeline are there any audio tracks below the video?
Take a look at this troubleshooting guide, especially deleting the user preferences.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303874
There could of course be a problem with the camera, Firewire or connectors.

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