CAPTURE PROBLEM - FREEZE FRAME

Hello
Its me again....see thread ID=1881846. After getting FCE to capture great for the past two days; this morning I now get the freeze frame problem. The audio is great, just a freezed frame from the beginning of what I am capturing. I don't think anything changed since last night. I made a bunch of great captures and then shut down and this morning started up to start more captures.
I searched the forum - disk permissions, took out PERIAN; but now I am at a loss.
What am I missing!
Art

Have you tried trashing your preferences?
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
Before you do so, go into your settings and take note of any customization you might have done that you would like to restore once everything is back to normal.
Regards,
Armando.

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