Problem Capturing HDV

I have been capturing HDV on two different Sony HC1's for the past year. Now whenever I try to capture anything using Capture Now, no files get added to my browser and when it hits the end of the tape or the end of the recorded portion of the tape the file appears for maybe 1/10th of a second and disappears.
If I hit the escape key when capturing now, Final Cut saves the current clip ONLY that it has been recording since the previous break. So if I have ten clips to capture right now I have to manually capture each one using capture now and hitting escape just before that clip ends otherwise the computer erases that clip.
Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong with MY CAPTURE now feature. Please do not suggest logging clips and capturing for now...thank you-

WOWOWOOWOW!!! How can I thank you enough. Your trouble shooting I think led me directly (in 5 minutes) to the answer. I spent 10 hours last night on this...wow, in 5 minutes you led me to salvation!
Here's what happened!
I did what you said and created a new user account with full administrative control over the computer and all applications, etc.. I started up FCP and when I went to change the setting for the scratch disk it would not let me pick my Video RAID drive. Then I tried to pick my 2nd internal drive and no such luck. It gave me some message that it is unable to set the scratch disk because the drive is either write protected or non writable media.
I did an Option I on both hard disks and checked the box at the bottom that says ignore owernship on this volume and voila...it all worked. I came back to my main account and did opened up FCP and again Capture now works fine.
The only weird thing is, on my main log in account, FCP WOULD allow me to set my scratch disk as my video RAID....it was only on my other account that I got the pop up window not allowing that. Do you know why that is? Do you think I have solved the issue.
I've just tested a few clips and so far it all works well. I will keep my fingers crossed...that was a strange one and your anwer I never would have suspected!
By the way I've heard for video 32, 64 and 128 work fine on RAID...I choose 64 as an inbtween number for the RAID block size. On my speed tests they were all pretty close.

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Thanks Adrian, since posting the thread I've thought of that too but unfortunately to no avail. From other forums I've read this seems to be a central theme to the solution to my capture woes. I since have sorted the problem it was in Audio/Video Settings.
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Message was edited by: Matt Blyth

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