Video Stuttering during capture

I know this has been discussed in the past, but I cannot seem to find it; hope someone will help.
I am capturing old VHS tapes using Premiere 10 media capture via a Canopus ADVC55. The clips I'm transferring suffer from stuttering during capture (approx every 1 sec). I seem to remember that this indicated a timing issue from stretched tape or something. I hate to think that's the case. Could it be anythng else, and is there a workaround?
Thanks,
Julian

Steve,
I had an informative (but ulimately depressing) talk today with an engineer at Grass Valley. He said that the ADVC55 adherence to the NSTC spec is quite tight, and suggested I try another source as an input to the device. I plugged in a Sony camcorder and it converted seamlessly. He suggested the VHS player (or tape) doesn't meet the NSTC spec, and that I try another VHS player that may be tighter to the spec. If is also possible that my old VHS camcorder originally used to create the tapes didn't meet the spec. The ADVC-300 contains time-base correction that could alleviate this, but is substantially more costly. The cheap Diamond A/V converter probably isn't as sensitive to the spec, and is therefor more forgiving.
All interesting, but in the end, I have a fairly expensive device that won't help me. I guess I can look for another VHS player to try, but it sounds like a lot of effort for a long shot. Any ideas on a work-around? I'm stuck.
By the way, MediaInfo shows the following for the Diamond device:
Format: YUU
Codec: UYUY http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/bf/amm/http://
Frame Rate: 59.940 fps
Resolution: 480x720
The link must be to the developer.
Julian

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