Import miniDV problems

Question

When I use FCP X to import Digital 8 tapes from my Sony it worked fine.
I've now switched over to my miniDV tapes that were shot on a GL2. I'm using my HV20 to import them. As the import goes a black flash appears every 3-5 seconds and I can see the clips splits in the even like it start/stopped on tape. It will create a 100 of these if I let the capture continue.
When importing same tape and camera into iMovie or FCP 6 it works fine.
If I restart my brand new iMac 27" it will import longer before seeing the black flashes and clip splits, but eventually it will come back.
Any ideas? Just buggy software?

Answer 1

Try this:
Locate the individual files you imported with imovie. (Probably open imovie, right click > reveal in finder). Instead of importing the imovie project into FCPX, try dragging the individual movie clips from the finder into FCPX. If imovie does indeed keep the timecode date intact when capturing, this might solve your problem. I think when you go directly from imovie into FCPX, it's using iMovie's "date captured" metadata.