Exporting imovie through AVDV converter box?

I have been using either export or share to send finished videos through a converter box and into a VCR for years with no problem. When trying to export the latest project, it jumps in pieces and freezes up. It plays fine in imovie but can't export. I tried changing the preferences to play through camera and do it that way, and it still freezes. I have 1 gig of Ram. Any thoughts? This is for a high school video production class.
Thanks
emac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Thanks- I did read the post you noted prior to making my post. Unfortunately, nothing in that post helped me resolve my issue. My ADVC300 is recognized just fine by iMovie. Just when I go to Export or "Share", I no longer receive the message about 'the converter' box. As a result, iMovie simply times out. Any other advice?

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