I want to crop out a section of my m4v without losing quality

I have an m4v file, and I import it into imovie.
Then I say share, and I export it for apple tv as a m4v file.
Now this came in as a m4v, and it's going out as an m4v, all i did was isolate a scene.
I would think it should have exactly the same quality, but now suddenly the movement isn't as smooth, and some of the images look pixelated.
I've tried a bunch of different settings but I've had no luck. Tried it with exporting it to a mov too, nothing works. Been working on this from various angles for 7 days now
I tried with and without the optimize video setting checked.
How can I just edit out a section of the movie without losing quality?
I don't care if I have to buy a program.. I have already bought two and used trial versions on a couple others, including final cut pro nothing has worked for me

I had to go all the way back to 2005, but I found my answer here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/239656?start=0&tstart=0
Thanks to Matti Haveri

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