Jumpy export to dv tape

I have a one hour project which I would like to save on dv tape. I have over 21 GB free space. The project plays OK but when I try to export it back to digital camera it jumps around and jams. The audio keeps playing. I have tried repairing permission with Onyx, and read some of the previous discussions on this. I started with two hours of footage, and edited down to one. What I actually want to do is delete the old project, then reimport this new one hour of footage back into iMovie, so that I can add another 20 minutes or so without going below 20GB free space.
Any suggestions would be most welcome. Have worked on this for two days straight and am stressing about losing all my work!
Thanks
Chris

I had the same problem and it was driving me nuts. Check out the reply of SDIllini on this thread. It worked for me
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=439786&tstart=0
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