Getting video compressed in MPEG Streamclip for use in FCE

I have AVI video created by a Flip Video device. The video and audio work fine in QT, VLC, and in the Flip Video software. However, when I open the video in MPEG Streamclip I get video but no sound! I need it to open in Streamclip so I can convert it to DV video for editing in FCE.
Following conversion there is still no sound. Any suggestions??

Where are you monitoring the sound? In what application? Did you export from Streamclip to DV or to QuickTime?

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