The almost compatible Panasonic VDR-D230 DVD-RAM Camcorder?

Having read other posts about incompatible DV cameras I don't have as big of a problem as others but here goes...
I have a Panasonic VDR-D230 DVD-RAM Camcorder, which is not on the compatibility list. Yet when I connect it to my iMac and fire up iMovie 7 I can see all of the clips, select the clips, create an event and import most of the clips. For some annoying and seemingly random reason it seems to hang on the occasional clip and freezes up (so I have to force quit).
My question is: has anyone else faced this issue, or is this simply an example of the incompatibility that I'll have to work around?
To get those clips that will not import I go the "Streamclip/convert to .dv/import into iMovie" route, which I can live with if need be - although I like the smaller .mov files that iMovie encodes the others in.
Thanks

Only a guess but file corruption could be your issue here, not quite the same thing I know but my AVCHD camera sometimes does the same thing, when it starts I know it's time to reformat the HDD and it will be good for another few months. Obviously doesn't help with clips that have already been recorded though.
I've found that imovie can be a little touchy about suspect clips and other applications will often but not always convert them if imovie wont. For DVD based clips mpegstreamclip would be an application worth trying.

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