Captured Video's Audio is out of Sync

I have captured a MiniDV tape
at NTSC/48KHz via Firewire
and the Video's Audio is out of sync
in both the Viewer and Canvas
The original tape playback is fine
so I'm not sure why this is happening
My Capture Presets are correct and
I re-captured the same clip twice and
the same Sync problem persists
Please advise, thanks

Silal,
I noticed that your response, here was based on a 32 Khz audio setting. Can you elaborate a little more on why this would tend to throw audio and video out of synch?
I am capturing DV NTSC, 32 Khz video and audio, (via. mini DV tape) The clip that I am importing is one, long, 60 minute clip. Even though I have created a new setup that indicates the audio will be captured at 32 Khz, I am finding serious video/audio synch problems towards the end of the clip.
Typically I use the DV NTSC firewire, 48Klhz setting when I create a new project but I don't usually capture long clips like this. Can you offer up any suggestions on what I might try to remedy this synch problem?
The material that I am using is an already edited piece that was dumped onto miniDV tape. I need to re-capture this material to FCP so that I can re-order its segment positioning for a new DVD. The tapes have solid time code but I am getting those annoying synch issues when I review the footage after capture.
Where else should I be making adjustments to my project settings other than where I have already made them? Thanks.
Steve

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