Exported Quicktime has a weird tracer effect...

I've been trying to export a mov file from Flash CS5.5 and I keep getting this odd tracer effect that I have not seen before. I don't export video often but I don't remember ever having to deal with this issue. See for yourself: https://vimeo.com/52401912
Any ideas what's up here? I have tried literally every setting available for QT and no change has any effect. Right now I am exporting as a jpeg or png sequence which does not carry on this problem but is a tad tedious for what I am trying to do.
Thanks for any input you can provide.

In the Quicktime settings, what compressor were you using and what were the keyframe settings? Was the frame rate for the exported video the same as the Flash movie's frame rate?

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