How to Encode for Sports ( Football ) Games?

[iwod]

With 480P, 1.5Mbit/s , i still think the output looks like crap. Since i am encoding Highlights which means there are so much more fast movement in between then a Normal 90 Min Football Game.

Where normally for TV Episode, Anime or any other slow moving video, 1.5Mbit i could even do up to 720P resolution.

Are there specific option i should know or what sort of thing i could do to improve quality.

[Guest]

What do you mean by "looks like crap"? Are you referring to blocking, lack of temporal fluidity, ...?

Have you tried simply increasing the bitrate?

[mvBarracuda]

Have you tried crf encoding? Which x264 revision are you using for encoding? Have you checked that the source material isn't contributing to the problems? Please post details of your encoding toolchain (parameters, tools, filters, etc.).

[kypec]

Better yet, post some source samples too.

[hello_hello]

Is the source 480p or is it 1080i etc.
I've almost given up trying to encode HD interlaced content, as I can't stand the de-interlacing blur. When you say it looks like crap, is that what you're referring to? If the source is progressive then re-encoding it at 480p shouldn't be a problem.
If you're using a GUI for encoding do you know which resizing, de-interlacing filters it's using?

[nm]

Is the source 480p or is it 1080i etc.
I've almost given up trying to encode HD interlaced content, as I can't stand the de-interlacing blur.

There's no blur if you bob-deinterlace it properly to 1080p50/60. That can be done before encoding or during playback, if you encode as interlaced. If you want to encode as progressive, it may also be a good idea to downscale to 720p50/60.