Capturing from HDR FX7 sony camera

Tom
With your help I solved audio track appearing in timeline but i have not audio, i think is a setting problem now, sorry but Im still learning.
My software is fce and my problem is when I try to capture standard definition video, no with HDV
Thanks
Adolfo

Got to View>Video>Real Time (later versions call Real time Canvas Playback).
When View>Video>Firewire is active you won't hear the audio, that's normal for FCE.
If you close FCE and re-open without a firewire device attached it should default to your Mac speakers.
Al

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