Final Cut Audio

Hi. I capture video -- and when I put it onto the time line -- I hear no audio. U am able to see it -- meaning the audio mixer is moving up and down with sound. Any suggestions.

welcome to the forums,
try one of the following:
1)hit option+F12 (Refresh)
2)check on the far left hand side of your timeline that the audio tracks aren't muted (yellow and/or speaker green icons.
3) Make sure you didn't accidentally hit the mute key on your keyboard next to the volume keys.
4) If you used iShowU ans Sunflower temp. audio uninstall Sunflower.
Let us know if any of these work.
G.

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