Line-in mic doesn't work; both preferences selected

I can't get a Line-in microphone to work on imovie VO, or elsewhere.
I've selected Line-in on both the Personal Preferences and the preferences on imovie.
And I've tried two different new microphone headsets.
Can someone please tell what I'm doing wrong?

Pieter,
I'm not at my big Mac right now (..the one with iMovie '08..) and so I can't test things: I'm travelling with my G4 PowerBook laptop, and iMovie '08 isn't (..can't be..) installed on that. So I can't test this for you; sorry.
I don't remember having had a problem with audio input in iMovie '08, but maybe someone else can give you more info. (I think I've used a Saffire FireWire input device, and condenser mic, with iM'08, but can't remember the details right now.)
It may be that the 'GarageBand Fix' might help: go to GarageBand, play a few notes on a virtual instrument, then quit GB. That may reset the audio to its proper settings. And as Klaus1 always recommends.. "Lastly open Audio Midi Setup (which you will find in the Utilities Folder of your Applications Folder) and click on Audio Devices. Make sure that both Audio Input and Audio Output, under Format, are set to 44100 Hz."
I'm sorry that I can't presently help any more than that..

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