FCE Voice Over

I have successfully added several voice-over clips to their respective video clips in the FCE HD (v 3.5.1) time line. Now when I try to record the next voice-over clip, I get the message "The specified capture destination file already exists". How do I get beyond this message so I can continue recording voice-over clips? Thanks, Jack Akerboom

Change the name in the voice over window before you start recording.

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mvh2 wrote:
I am redoing a 2008 project. I get no audio for either music or voice over when playing timeline. When I mute the voice over, then I get audio for the music.
Is the voice over track one continuous clip, or is it a bunch of shorter clips that are positioned on the track?
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I rebooted because it said that by rebooting the problem might be solved.
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