Dv import rewinds before end of tape

Everything imports fine and iMovie creates new clips for each day based on time stamp, but the import stops before the end of the tape - pretty sure its because of time code "breaks" (where the camera was fast forwarded past the end of a time code stamped / recorded region before shooting was resumed).
Is there any way to "force" iMovie to import until the physical end of tape is reached?

OK - update, with surprising result.
Setting to manual, clicking import made the capture go to end of tape, even getting past time code blanks; AND the clips were broken up by day. So it looks to like the only thing different between manual and auto is that auto rewinds to start and rewinds when end is detected, manual doesn't. Very strange.
Sidenote - to tell how long a bunch of events are in aggregate, you can select the events (shift-click for multiple), click on blank area in the clip library viewer, command-a to select all clips and drag into project window. Total time of all the clips will be under the window. Then just delee the clips from the project window..

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3354451183_fef917f317.jpg?v=0
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