Using .3gp Files In Captivate

Hello,
I'm attempting to use Adobe Media Encoder to convert a .3gp file into a .F4V or .FLV file to insert into a Captivate project. The conversion seems to go fine in AME but when I insert the resulting the file into my project the video portion plays as expected but there is no audio (and yes, I've checked my speakers). :-)
Any suggestions or fixes would be most appreciated!
I can't wait to be smart enough to actually answer some posts! :-)
ed

An error is returned when i try to build the project (which is made out of all the original files of "mmademo" + the edited VideoPlayer.java, as you told me).
The error is the following:
C:\WTK22\apps\player\src\VideoPlayer.java:144: cannot find symbol
symbol : variable ins
location: class example.mmademo.VideoPlayer
player = Manager.createPlayer(ins,"video/3gpp");
^
1 error
com.sun.kvem.ktools.ExecutionException
Build failed
Help plz!

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