Issues importing tapes into FCPX

Hi. I have tried importing some miniDV tapes for the first time into FCPX (latest version). I have had a number of issues:
Tape number 1 - Importing the video directly into an event (rather than creating an archive) seemed to split up the shots on the tape incorrectly, and dropped some frames. Creating a camera archive worked for that tape. However when I tried to import the clips from the newly created archive, FCPX crashed, and I had to open again. This time round, I could import the clips into the event from the archive, and they were split up into shots correctly.
Tape number 2 (which is one long recording without timecode breaks), FCPX split the first minute where some titles dip to black into seperate clips. It should have been captured as one long clip. I decided to try and create an archive again. Second time round, it correctly created an archive with one long clip and I imported into an event!
Tape number 3 - again it split some opening titles which dip to black into seperate clips in the archive. I haven't tried this one a second time yet.
Tape number 4 - creating an archive reached the end of the tape displayiong the 'end of tape' message. When I clicked ok, FCPX crashed. When it opened again, the archive wasn't displayed and I could not open the archive (it appeared greyed out). I am currently trying this one again.
Has anyone got any tips on getting around these problems? I like the camera archive idea, and the way it splits shots up (when appropriate) and logs them according to the recording date and time). I wish you could till it to not split up the clips also. I am worried about how it will cope with my VHS collection, when I connect via a AV-DV adaptor (like the Canopus ADVC55). Will these be split up into seperate clips every time there is a dip to black, or some noise on the picture? Also, will it stop creating the archive after the 3 hour tape has come to an end, or will it keep archiving a blank screen? (in FCP7 there was a limit capture option, so I could tell it to stop after 2hr and 10mins for example).
Sorry there are a lot of questions here! Any advice would be appreciated.

When I capture in Quicktime Player 7 this is the info:
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
DV, 720 x 576 (768 x 576), Millions
When I import that clip into FCPX, it is playing audio through LEFT and RIGHT channels.
The same clip when captured in FCPX directly (not using a camera archive) also plays audio through both LEFT and RIGHT channels.
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000 kHz
DV, 720 x 576 (768 x 576), Millions
When using the camera archive feature in FCPX, there is only sound on the LEFT channel (nothing coming through right speaker). Although this time, the sound is extremely faint even on the LEFT channel - the same clip is fine when captured as above. I also get this faint audio when playing it back in FCP7
DV, 720 x 576 (768 x 576), Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Left, 48.000 kHz
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Unused, 48.000 kHz
I think this is a specific problem with the Camera Archive feature when archiving miniDV tapes. It's a shame, since I've capture 20 already!

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