How do I change video codec from faster to better

I am new to mac and final cut. I saw a tutorial on youtube that showed how to change the export media to mp4. However, every time I change the format to the computer it selects faster encoding by default. Is there any way to change it to better quality? Thanks in advance.

Posted on Nov 12, 2021 11:29 AM

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Tom Wolsky

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Nov 12, 2021 11:32 AM in response to _Arnob_

This is new in 10.6. Faster is now the same as better. Theoretically.

_Arnob_ Author

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Nov 12, 2021 11:39 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Got it. Thank you.

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