# Forcing HEVC MP4 to use 8 bit instead of 10

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/forcing-hevc-mp4-to-use-8-bit-instead-of-10/4688
**Category:** Profiles
**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/forcing-hevc-mp4-to-use-8-bit-instead-of-10/4688 "2022-05-02T02:09:25Z")
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### Author: ![wcouse3](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@wcouse3](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/wcouse3)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/forcing-hevc-mp4-to-use-8-bit-instead-of-10/4688/1 "2022-05-02T02:09:25Z")

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I am trying to get MCEBuddy to encode the HEVC MP4 files with 8 bit instead of 10 bit as the 10 bit does not play nicely with some of my firesticks. I don’t really understand handbrake which is why I use MCEBuddy. I am a GUI guy. So any help with how to change the arguments for this to encode with 8 bit would be greatly appreciated. I understand that I will need to make a change to the profiles.conf file but I am not sure what parameter to change.