Microphone recommendations for recording into Captivate 4?

Hello. Can you tell me what microphone you use to record directly into Captivate 4 (on Windows XP) that works properly and plays back as it should? I am having audio issues with C4 using a Rode Podcaster. I know it's not the microphone as it works with other applications. I know it is something with C4 and I have tried several workarounds to no avail (such as the one found http://bdld.blogspot.com/2009/03/fixing-sound-in-adobe-captivate.html[L=Link). If you have a microphone you've used with C4 that works, please reply to this post as I would like to see if I will have success with a different mic. Please do not respond here if you have an audio workaround, a .dll fix, or anything else to troubleshoot audio.
Thanks,
Casey

Hi Casey
I use a Microsft LifeChat headset microphone and it seems to work well.
However, I will also toss out a note about something I encountered a few weeks ago in a Captivate class. We were using Intel based Macintosh PCs. Captivate seemed to refuse to record until we first clicked Audio > Settings and specifically yselected the microphone.
Probably won't be that easy in your case but thought I'd mention it. Who knows?
Cheers... Rick
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