Harsh jumpy transitions between some clips

I have noticed inadvertent flashes and/or harsh transitions between some of the clips generated in a recent project. It is not as noticeable on my monitor, but more obvious when viewed from youtube. I am editing with 25 /1080p footage (MacBook Pro and events stored on a peripheral). Any advice on how to reduce or get rid of these flashes would be appreciated. Thank you for your help.
This is the affected footage on youtube - the problem is a little more noticeable after 10mins.
http://youtu.be/maKTyYmwX6M

OK- I discovered a work-around.
In the project area if you select the split part following the transition, Cut it (Command x) then Paste it (Command v) back in the proper place, the transition works properly. Usually cutting and pasting the following half of a split clip fixes the transition, but sometimes I have to cut and paste both the part before the transition and the part after it to get things to work right.

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