Changing which Resolution and Main Monitor With Applescript

Hi all,
I am trying to make an applescript to change my monitor settings.
I have 2 monitors the one I want to be my main one "E2370" and my second one "L2000CN" which I want to mirror the main one.
My main problem is that I do not know how to change the "Optimize for" combo box settings to E2370 on the event that it is not already set to that.
What I have so far is:
tell application "System Preferences"
reveal anchor "displaysDisplayTab" of pane "com.apple.preference.displays"
end tell
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" to tell window "E2370"
try
click radio button "Arrangement" of tab group 1
on error
click radio button "Display" of tab group 1
--click the first combo box
end try
if value of checkbox 1 of tab group 1 = 0 then click checkbox 1 of tab group 1
do shell script "sleep 0.25"
click radio button "Display" of tab group 1
click radio button "Scaled" of radio group 1 of tab group 1
click radio button "Scaled" of radio group 1 of tab group 1
select row 3 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of tab group 1
do shell script "sleep 0.25"
keystroke (ASCII character 3)
keystroke (ASCII character 3)
end tell
--quit application "System Preferences"
Thanks in advance.
Trevor

What format (codec) is the material being editied?
Sounds like you are editing a non-native format (something like h.264). If that is the case, convert it to ProRes LT and try again.
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