Capture problem -- blurred motion every 4th frame.

revised posting to an earlier question...
any of you fcp folks ever experienced a capture phenomenon where every fourth frame of a captured 24p (2:3:3:2 advanced pulldown removal) clip was BLURRED by thin horizontal lines WHEREVER THERE IS MOTION WITHIN THE FRAME? this results in a stilted "jerky" motion when the clip is played. other words, a character moves an arm-- every 4th frame of that movement is "blurred" with these thin lines.
i'm shooting an xl2, at 24p advanced, 16:9. 1/48th shutter. capture is set for dvntsc 23.98 with 2:3:3:2 advanced pulldown removal and 16:9 anamorphic.
strange thing is, i've captured and edited 21 reels clean, without this problem. then had a capture issue where a few clips, for some reason, captured at 29.97 so i reset my capture settings as above and captured these clips again. since that time (the last two reels of shot footage) i've had this bizarre fourth frame issue crop up where the motion is blurred by these lines. something's going on but damned if i can figure it out.
few forum guys have offered help but nothing that's solved the issue and the question is now buried so... here 'tis again. thanks.

Some basic questions:
Have you upgraded to iMovie HD 6.0.3 (v6.0 had jerkiness in its PAL export)?
Have you set iMovie video preference to the same standard as your camcorder (PAL = 25 fps or NTSC = 29.97 fps)?
Is FileVault turned off?

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