Shuttering MPEG HD - BUG?

We are using Adobe Media Encoder for encoding video files to our prefered codec. (MPEG HD - .TS) This used to be no problem. Since a few months (november 2013?) we get only video files with shuttering pixel every second. We didn't change the preset and for testing we used the same source files as before.
Does anyone has a solution?
1e PC
AMD FX (tm) - 8150 Eight Core processor 3,60gHZ
32 GB RAM
Windows 8.1 64 bit (up-to-date)
dual video card - GeForce 430 (drivers updated)
Adobe Media Encoder CC 7.2.2.29
2e PC
AMD FX (tm) - 8350 Eight Core processor 4gHZ
16 GB RAM
Windows 8.1 64 bit (up-to-date)
single video card - GeForce TITAN Black  (drivers updated)
Adobe Media Encoder CC 7.2.2.29
1. import a .mov file (codec: H264 1920x1080 / 16bit Little indian Stereo 48KHz // 25Fps)
2. uset preset:
Based settings;
Format; MPEG2
export video; YES
export audio; YES
Use Maximum Render Quality; NO
Use Frame Blending; NO
effects tab;
none
Video tab;
Quality; 100
W 1920 H 1080
Frame Rate; 25
Field order; Upper First
Aspect Ratio; Square Pixels
TV Standard; PAL
Profile; Main
Level; High
Bitrate enc; CBR
Bitrate Mbps; 12
M Frames; 3
N Frames; 12
Closed GOP; 0
auto GOP; YES
MacroBlock Q; 10
VBV Buffer; 112
Noise Control; Sensitivity
Write SDE; YES
Video Format; PAL
Color Prim; ITU-R Rec. 709
Transfer Char; ITU-R Rec. 709
Matrix Coef; ITU-R Rec. 709
intra DC precision; 9 Bits
Write Sequence End Code; YES
Embed SVCD user block; NO
Ignore frame int; 0
minimun Frame precentage; 25
Pad Frame Precentage; 0
Audio tab;
audio format setting; MPEG
Sample Rate; 48000Hz
audio layer; MPEG-1, Layer II Audio
audio mode; Stereo
Bitrate kbps; 320
Psych model; Model 2
de emphasis; NO emphasis
Enable CRC; OFF
set private bit; OFF
set copyricht bit; OFF
set original bit; OFF
Multiplexer tab;
Multiplexing; TS
Mux Rate; 12320
Capitons tab;
Export options; NONE
FTP tape;
NONE
3. Start encoding!
Output file wil be an .m2t file
Results: Shuttering pixels in video looks like it's every keyframe or something...
Expected results: tightly HD file
In one of the firts versions of AME CC this was not an issue.
Medio november 2013 this issue started after an update...

Did you ever resolve this issue?
We're having the same problem since updating to CC 7.2. All was good in CC 7.0. We still have 1 machine with 7.0 on it, and it encodes the MPEGs nicely, but the same setting in 7.2 gives us the Pixelation flash every second or so.

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