Dazzle Hollywood DV-Bridge/iMovie no device control

Does anyone know why iMovie gives a "no device control" error message while importing from the Dazzle AV/DV converter? It will import DV for about 1 minute then disconnect and flash "no device control" then reconnect and you can import for another 30 seconds or so......

I get the SAME error since I upgraded to Tiger. I loose device control of a datavideo DN-100. Once I loose device control, the device freezes and has to be rebooted. Disconnect times vary depending on what I am dooing in the computer. To temporarily "solve" the issues I am using two DAC-100 converters: one to convert to analog and the second to convert back to digital...since there is no "play" control in the converter it captures the clip but I have to operate the player manually and also loose DV break points etc.
I strongly suspect an issue with Tiger drivers since it affects Final Cut and iMovie. I had control with 10.3.9 HELP!
Iz

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