Text looks awful?

Hi all,
Using FCP 10.0.6 and when importing a video that has text on it, it looks awful. The text 'shakes' and doesn't look right at all. I use avidemux to change the look of a video, and FCP to put it in HD and sharpen it. However, whenever I put the video into FCP it always has problems with the video imported that aren't on the actual file. An example of what this looks like would be:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHJeWBmVR90&list=UUkxHI9k2Ir3epaJLdcttlbg&index=5
Can be seen at 1:45 in the video. Any way to remove this, or stop it from happening? My avidemux output settings are:
MPEG-4 AVC
Single Pass 10000kbit/s
MP3 (lame)
.MP4
Any help greatly appreciated,
Damien.

dam2040 wrote:
… when importing a video … The text 'shakes' . I use avidemux to change the look of a video, and FCP to put it in HD and sharpen it. …
wotwotwot?
you have a low-quality, highly compressed source file and scales it to 'HDef'?
that just blows-up pixel-mud, doesn't 'create quality'.
by contrary: so-called scaling-effects could degrade quality, in your example, the font creates 'sub pixel'.
probably, you're using the wrong codecs to swap btw. the two tools.
use FCPX only to add your titles and 'changing the look'.
... and be nice to ©opyrights …

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