Firewire to Thunderbolt adaptor works... sort of?

Hey Guys
Have been trying to sort this problem for ages. I have a samsung mini dv camera I have used to copy home movies to my computer. Recently had to buy a new iMac and of course, it has no firewire. SO, I've bought the firewire to thunderbolt adaptor and while iMovie is now seeing what the camera is playing - the playback is patchy and blotchy. Any ideas?

I just went through this myself. Before I upgraded to Yosemite it was working and I read elsewhere that the latest OS doesn't like to work with Analog tapes. You didn't clarify but I was converting Analog to Digital through various components I had used previously.
After several attempts, what I ended up doing was installing iMovie HD (6) on my machine. When I tried to open it I got a warning that I couldn't run this software on this OS but you can by-pass that. Right click the iMovie HD application icon (instead of double-clicking to open) and select 'show contents'. Navigate down through the folder structure until you see another iMovie HD icon and double-click that. It by-passes the warning message and works great.
I'm now dumping many old tapes onto my machine. I plan to use the resulting .dv files (located under the Movies/Media folders) to edit/use in iMovie 10.
Good luck - hope this helps!!

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