Video import with iMovie 10.0

I'm having trouble importing video since upgrading to Mavericks and iMovie 10.0. I'm using a Dazzle Inc. Hollywood DV device to caputre old VHS tapes from a VCR onto an iMac via firewire cable. This all worked fine with iMovie 9.09. Now the captured video is about 2-3 seconds long for a 1 hr. tape.  It looks the capture function is grabbing a .1sec snapshot every 7 or 8 minutes.

Update: I bought an adapter and FireWire cable and now imovie recognizes the camcorder but... when you import the window says "communication error"!
should I look for another editing software?

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