Imported MJPEG from Game Capture Software Suddenly Out of Sync

First, I should point out that I am new to Adobe products. I'm entirely self-taught with Premiere, and I know there are a lot of things that I don't fully understand yet. However, my methods were working fine until a couple weeks ago. Furthermore, I searched through the forums and couldn't find any issues quite like mine. A few were similar, but none helped with my issue. I'm sorry if there is something really simple that I'm overlooking here, but I would greatly appreciate any help.
For quite a few months I used PlayClaw 5 to capture video game content and then import it to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 to edit it and piece together gaming compilations. It worked without a hitch until about two weeks ago when the audio in the imported file stopped syncing correctly with the video. I'm not doing anything different that I know of, although PlayClaw 5 did have a recent update. I'm not sure what information would be useful in a situation like this, but I can provide the following:
My usual Premiere set-up:
Capture format is HDV
Then I usually set my sequence presets to HDV 1080p30
From there, I have Premiere maximized and drag a video file from a folder to the project window. I wait until it indicates that the file has been imported completely, then I go about hacking the video and audio (which is usually mixed together from PlayClaw 5) and creating my own videos.
You can see in this video, the sound is synced perfectly - but a couple weeks later, I made this video, and the audio is off by just a bit, but it's noticable. Now all my imported videos have out-of-sync audio.
I can also provide the type of encoding that PlayClaw 5 uses for the videos:
Video Compression: MJPEG (quality at 95 with the option of YUV411 compression, was on for the second video link)
Capture frame rate: 29.970
Compression threads: 2
Smooth frame flow enabled
draw cursor enabled
Convert to sterio enabled
Mix audio in one track enabled
Container: AVI
Unfortunately, it doesn't give any other information about the audio.
Again, I'm sorry if this is just my lack of experience with video editing. Also, I apologize if this isn't a typical Premiere problem.
Thank you in advance for your time.
Edit:
I realized that I never actually included a question...
Is there something I'm doing wrong to cause the audio to go out of sync all of a sudden? And is there an easy fix for this issue?
Message was edited by: philosearcher88

What Motion JPEG codec do you have installed to edit MJPEG?
MJPEG http://forums.adobe.com/thread/730396
>PlayClaw 5 did have a recent update
Read below and then analyze a clip from before and after the update and compare
Codec & Format information, with 2 links inside to read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1270588
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below... A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing
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>set my sequence presets to HDV 1080p30
BZZZ... wrong... click the NEW ITEM link on page #5 in The PPro/Encore tutorial list http://forums.adobe.com/message/2276578 to learn how to ensure a sequence that matches your video... and start at the top of page #3 for a great deal of Premiere Pro information

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