Adobe Media Encoder (Under After Effects CS4) Poor Converted Video

I encoded a video, Speed Racer Trailer from Apple Trailer, but unfortunately I always end up a poor converted video. I have settings here:
Format: H.264
Preset: Custom
- Multiplexer
- Basic:
Multiplexing: MP4
Stream Compatibility: Standard
- Video
- Basic:
Codec: MainConcept H.264 Video
TV Standard: NSTC
Frame Width: 640
Frame Height: 272
Frame Rate: 29.97
Field Order: None
Pixel AS: Square Pixel
Profile: High
Level: 3.0
- Bitrate:
Encoding: VBR, 2 Pass
Target: .9 Mbps
Maximum: 5 Mbps
- Advanced:
(Unchecked)
- Audio
- Basic:
Coded: AAC
Output: Stereo
Freq: 48Khz
Quality: High
- Bitrate Settings:
Bitrate: 192 kbps
- Advanced:
Precedence: Freq
I have here the converted file: http://www.mediafire.com/?mnm0dcz3zyt

As David said - find a more realworld test case. Apple's trailers are by all rights QT files, meaning that they will not necessarily be transcoded at the MPEG stream level, but instead fully re-compressed from the expanded pixel buffer - you may not see artifacts, but they are there nonetheless and will influence the quality of subsequent encodings, even more so on something as colorful and high contrast as this particular trailer... Also it seems you have made a moosh of your framerates. I'm not sure about the concrete example, but most Apple trailers are 24p native.
Mylenium

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