FCE - "Recompress All Frames" and poor quality QuickTimeexport

Hello,
The FCE Manual talks about unticking a "Recompress All Frames" option in the "Export QuickTime Movie" Settings. I just can't find that option in my FCE running on a MacPro. I see the other options like "Make a Standalone file" (or whatever the exact words).
Can anyone confirm it is available in FCE and not just Final Cut Pro?
Can someone clarify where exactly I am supposed to see the "recompress All Frames" option?
More generally, I see a huge loss of quality when exporting to QuickTime (ie when viewing the canvas from FCE it looks kindof HD-ish, and when viewing the exported Quicktime video it is at best SD-ish quality). Any other suggestion that unticking the "Recompress All Frames" to avoid one recompression stage?
Thanks
Francois

There is no need to recompress every frame.
When you export to QT Movie you are getting an identical copy so there should be no degradation of any kind.
You are probably doing something else wrong but as we don't know exactly what you are doing it is impossible to guess.

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