Captured files have just -a or just -v after them, behave strangely

I've noticed that sometimes when my files are interrupted in capture, they will have the suffix of -av. If a file finishes capturing normally, however, it removes that suffix and just gives it the name I type into the Capture settings at Log and Capture.
Recently, however, it started just putting -a at the end of the files, and not removing it, even if everything captured correctly. If I attempt to remove the -a from these files, or rename them in any way, they show up just as audio when I bring them into Final Cut. If I don't touch them at all, they have the video, but if I attempt to modify them in any way, or move them, they just show as audio (even though they are massively sized files, and should have video in them). If I try to bring the files into a new project, they will also ignore the video.
I've looked at my Capture settings in all the places I can find, and it looks as though it should be capturing both audio and video. I don't know why this suffix has started permanently appearing, especially as -a and not -av.
Today I turned the computer on, looked at the project again, and now all the filenames have changed - they all say -v after them. Surprise, surprise - if I open them in Quicktime, they have no sound. What is going on here?
Does anyone know why this would be?

You're right - the "capture audio and video to separate files" option was turned on. Turning it off solved the issue.
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