Quicktime conversion for moving subjects

Hi everyone,
I have filmed cricket and football matches and exported from FCE using quictime conversion (h.264) and then burned a dvd with Toast. The end result is that rapidly moving balls and arms and legs etc seem to flicker and a double image is seen. The rest of the pictures (slow moving/stationary objects) are crystal clear. When i viewed the exported quicktime files on the TV monitor they looked fine. I am wondering if there is a better option than H.264 for rapidly moving subjects, or is the problem more likely to be within Toast? (I burned at 8mbps and 4x)
Thanks for any help!

Export to QuickTime Movie not to QuickTime Conversion.

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the edges of moving subjects in frame did have small wavy lines
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http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_aMacintosh.html#interlacing
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