8mm analog video to fcpx

FLOWCHART:
sony 8mm handicam CCD-TR65 3 RCA OUT
canopus ADVC110 firewire OUT
macBook Pro, in via firewire, imovie OR FCPX
PROBLEM - 8mm image instability.
I have diagnosed and tested for several days.
My current plan is to go from the 8mm video to a DV camcorder
Then dvd ripper, to FCPX.
Does this flowchart work?
Does a digital camcorder take 3 rcas as input? Does a DVD Revorder take 3 rca as input?
Is it as easy as pressing play on the source camera, and hitting record on the digital camera?
Is it better to get a dvd recorder and digitize through that?
OR
Is it better to get an inexpensive DV camcorder and digitize that way?
Help!
Susan

Carl,
Eh! There's the rub- I have the canopus 110- but it is not working to hold the image stable enough. I have been working this equation for days now... I can upgrade to the canopus 330- which is discontinued, and still pricey, OR I can go 8mm handicam to dvr via the tv, which helps to stabilize the image), which outputs a dvd. Then load the dvd into fcpx using a free ripper program....
The instablilty is not jerkiness- its a sunc kind of image instability that causes the frame to ripple at the edges... but the image is rock solid in the camera viewfinder.
The person who told me to go to the dvr said it's a good trick for managing this kind of image instability... and that makes sensse...
I am just trying to understand the input/output cable/connectors before I buy the unit.
From what I understand, you go output rca IN to the tv unit-- so I have to get behing the tv and the multitude of things that it is connected to- a ps3... go rca IN to the ps3, then out to the inputs of the dvr....
Do you understand this???

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