Tons of artifacting on my H264 Exports

[jvlfilms]

I'm using FCE and created a HD trailer. I exported it using H264 and the highest possible settings. When I watch the video, I get tons of artifacting, especially in dark areas. Anyone know how to fix this? The movie trailers were encoded in H264 so I don't know why this is an issue.

 

[xStep]

Sounds like a data rate issue to me. Open it in QuickTime and review the data rate. Perhaps upon export you need to increase it or set it to automatic.

 

[huntercr]

I'm using FCE and created a HD trailer. I exported it using H264 and the highest possible settings. When I watch the video, I get tons of artifacting, especially in dark areas. Anyone know how to fix this? The movie trailers were encoded in H264 so I don't know why this is an issue.

Can you post an example?

I know you sad you used the higest settings, but can you tell is what bitrate you picked? How many frames between key frames?