Encoding artefacts (macroblocs) in MPEG2 export

Hello everyone,
Media encoder is producing strange artefacts that really make my video badly encoded. I’m encoding for a DVD, from a 1080p25 video to MPEG2. Here is an example (animated GIF) :
As you may noticed, there is a shift in the encoding process every 12 frames. Each 12 frame appears severely more compressed than the other frames, the macroblocs appearing very clearly.
Good image vs bad image comparison (I added a filter to emphasize the problem).
Every 12 frames :
Any other frame :
We clearly see some macroblocs, which are probably the N frames, because they are set every 12 seconds in the settings. Here are the settings I used :
I tried to encode the video with another software (Sorenson Squeeze), and it works well, so I don't think it's related to the video source.
If you have answers to the following questions, that would help me a lot!
Did anyone encountered the same issue (with the MPEG2 codec or another)?
Any idea of what I should do to solve the problem?
Thanks a lot for your help.

I'm surprised I'm the only one facing this problem here, I begin to think there is something wrong with my editing station.
Just to be sure this is my configuration and not the software, I've uploaded a small DNxHD file here (5 sec. long) with an AME presets.
Could someone please test the export in AME, with the "MPEG2 Tento" setting, and compare it with the .m2v file I've exported, to see if I'm the only one facing this problem?
It will be interesting to compare results and see if the files are 100% the same pixel by pixel.
Thanks!
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to .m2v Mpeg 2 1080P                                                22 Minutes
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to .mov H.264 1080P                                                             14 Minutes
to .m2v Mpeg 2 1080P                                                            14 Minutes
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I guessed to leave Adobe but this company remains the last with a
serious authoring software (Encore CS 6).
I tested :
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no really authoring software for these video editing softs.
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which are not very easy to use.
And also to call the Adobe support day by day until they send they
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Hi: I have the same problem, but it happened very suddenly and after very specific updates. I successfully encoded a file using the CS6 encoder. Then, I allowed updates to Adobe Media Player and Adobe Air. I tried to encode with CS6 again and it had stopped working - all in the space of 5 minutes. A reboot did not help. I also have CS4 and CS 5.5 installed and have had all along (which means that you can have them and use the CS6 encoder). Since I can no longer use the CS6 encoder, but am able to launch an older one, I am using that for the moment. I hope that this reply will be of some help in finding a solution.

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Hello,
Not sure if this has started due to a recent Media Encoder update or from the fact that I've switched out my hard drive for a SSD model. It seems that now I can no longer use my Macbook Pro do do email or browse the web when exporting a video from either within Premiere Pro or from one queued in Media Encoder. When the export is in progress, the cpu usage on my Macbook is very low, yet I cannot use anything else. Once the encoding stops, all is fine again. The export preset I'm using is the H:264 same as source high bit rate. My source media and my output paths are both on an external Thunderbolt drive. Any ideas as to what is causing this?
thx

No one have any ideas on this? No one else with SSD drives on a Mac experiencing this?

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Here is a screenshot of custom settings in Pr CS6:
And here is what happens in Media Encoder:
Thanks for your help!
Nick

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