>>We were convinced that this was a result of not having a high enough bit-rate set in Compressor. >>However, we don’t want to push it past approximately 8Mbps because everything I’ve read says that will >>cause compatability problems with many set-top boxes.
Upping the bit rate won’t help you. This is jut a matter of understanding how mpeg compression works. Anything fast moving or fast transitions needs less B frames. Simply goto the GOP tab and change the GOP structure from “IBBP” to “IBP” and if that isn’t smooth enough, change it to “IP”.
There is a whole chapter on this stuff in the manual, you should read it 🙂
-deke