IMovie 08: Adding titles has distorted the video

I just upgraded to iMovie '08 from iMovie HD (mid project, bad idea!). I can live with the lack of features in '08 (for now) but can't figure out why something as simple as adding a title is causing the video to choke.
Everywhere I have added a title, the video gets "jerky" and out of sync with the audio on playback. Once the title dissolves, the video and audio return to normal. It doesn't seem to matter which title I use, whether I use the default font settings or change them.
Does anyone know how to resolve this?
Thanks!

If you REALLY like iMovie '08, you can add chapter markers in GarageBand(!).

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