Another smooth video becomes jerky in iMovie'11

I am downloading many old Sony8 tapes:
I have my camcorder (Sony Handycam Video 8) many years old, connected to a Canopus ADVC110 converter which I've used for many years.
The cables are only red/yellow/white plugs into the camera, same into Canopus although it does also have a port for "S Video" and DV in/out.
Some of my favorite video is unusable as it comes through, stop and start, very "jerky!! But when I connect my camera to the television, the video plays perfectly.
I saw another discussion where "optimize media" is recommended, but not able to do that, never gave me a choice.
This is so frustrating, to have all this wonderful footage that cannot be used, any suggestions?
I read in the other discussion of this same ilk, a frame speed issue?? Should I try a new converter?? Mine is 10 years old. I used this same footage in iMovie '06, worked fine, only "jerks" going into '11.
Help!! :-)

Hi Susan,
I've just added another reply to the thread that I think you are referring to, but I don't think it will help with your situation. Is this the thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5084106?tstart=0
You said "I used this same footage in iMovie '06, worked fine". If you still have that footage, you should be able to import it to iMovie '11. Locate the iMovie HD 6 project in Finder, then right-click (or control-click) on it. From the pop-up menu select Show Package Contents. In the Media folder you should be able to see all the clips that were used in that project. To get them into iMovie '11 it's probably best to copy them to another location, then import to iMovie (File > Import > Movies).
Sorry I can't help with the jerky playback issue you are seeing. But I'll keep thinking!
John

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