Audio not in synch when importing from passthrough

I am trying to transfer some old home movies from VHS to DVD. I am using the passthrough on my Sony TRV-120 to connect the VCR to my Mac.
For some reason the audio is not synchronized with the video after import, however, when watching from the VHS tape it is fine.
Any help is appreciated.
My specs are as follows:
MacPro Quad Core 2.8 Ghz
FinalCut Pro Studio 2
OSX 10.5.4

I see this question on forums all the time and I see bonehead crap telling people to buy new hardware or software or other trivia. There are real-time, easily implemented things you can do that will fix the problem, immediately and without fail
1. Convert small as small a chunk as you can at a time. If its a concert, do it one song at a time. If a tv show, go commercial to commercial. The shorter the chunk, the less frames dropped and the less lag time and potential for getting really out of synch.
2. This is the most important factor: frame rate. The most likely reason you are getting out of synch is that your computer is not fast enough to keep up with the frame rate. Most set the rate at 30fps. Try tweaking it down to 20, then watch how many frames you drop as it's converting: most decent conversion software has a read-out telling you. I use Blaze Media Pro myself. If you are getting almost no dropped frames, you can probably bump it up some, if still too many, knock it down a little. There is very little noticeable difference in 15 to 30 fps, in fact, if you plan on uploading it to YouTube or otherwise converting it, the framerate is going to be sharply reduced anyway.
This is an almost foolproof way to avoid video/audio synching problems when converting from VHS. I took the time to post this because I was tired of seeing all the useless advice posted on this subject.
Video editing and conversion takes a lot of CPU power. If you really intend on getting into it in a big way, you'll need a strong CPU capable of handling the load. Other than that, framerate is probably your best bet in making do with what you have.

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