Interrupted Capture of MiniDV video, CS5.5.

I am a CS5.5 user and am having a video capture issue. The capture randomly stops and starts during video capture(MiniDV). The VRC keeps playing so there are missing areas in the captured video. I have tried all the basic things, such as, restarts, etc. Can anyone help?

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