Help with converting sports broadcasts with vidcoder

[jerecho]

I have vidcoder and it works great with blu ray and dvd's. The converted file looks great and is hard to tell from the original. However I am trying to convert some golf tournaments that I have transfered over from my Tivo and are in MPEG-PS (acording to MediaInfo).
No matter how I convert the files they always look really choppy and shaky. Is there anything I can do in the settings of Vidcoder to fix this? I have tried the constant quality option and the avg bitrate option at 6500 kbps and it still is pretty bad. I am also using the h.264 video codec. Thanks for any advice

[aedipuss]

copy/paste the mediainfo in text mode output. or you could attach a <100mb sample.

[jerecho]

Here is the mediainfo log from one of my encodes


General
Complete name : H:MASTERS.m4v
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 23.2 GiB
Duration : 5h 29mn
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 10.1 Mbps
Movie name : MASTERS
Track name/Position : 7
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-19 12:08:11
Tagged date : UTC 2013-04-20 11:48:07
Writing application : HandBrake 0.9.8 2012072200
Cover : Yes
tvsh : PGA TOUR GOLF
tven : MASTERS
tvsn : 2013
tves : 7
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 5h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 9 800 Kbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.798 fps
Minimum frame rate : 14.985 fps
Maximum frame rate : 29.970 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.159
Stream size : 22.5 GiB (97%)
Writing library : x264 core 120
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=3 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=7 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=1 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=9800 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=3 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-19 12:08:11
Tagged date : UTC 2013-04-20 11:48:07
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 5h 29mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 298 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 347 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 67ms
Stream size : 702 MiB (3%)
Encoded date : UTC 2013-04-19 12:08:11
Tagged date : UTC 2013-04-20 11:48:07

[aedipuss]

get rid of the variable framerate. there is a box to check for constant framerate. and have the video filters set like this.

[poisondeathray]

If the original was a sports broadcast, it's likely interlaced - then you would need to set it to bob deinterlace to keep the motion smoothness

I think newer handbrake/vidcoder and nightly builds have this option now

[jerecho]

Thank you so much for the advice. I will encode a sample with the new settings and let you know if it is any better. And yes the original was a broadcast from NBC in HD

[jerecho]

These settings appear to be a bit better than before but I'm not 100% sure. I am cutting out the commercials with VideoRedo and then saving the output as a MPEG Program Stream (.mpg). Is this the best way of doing this? The other options to save from VideoRedo are .vob, dvr-ms, .mpv, .rec. Should I be saving as one of these formats before encoding with vidcoder or does it matter?
Thanks