"Maximum Render Quality" ignored in AME

I'm a bit frustrated by AME. I have 3 videos I've been trying to export that include screen captures. It's very obvious when these videos are exported with "Maximum Render Quality" unchecked because the screen shot text is unreadable. So I've exported with the box checked, and it looks great. However, any time I try to use the exact same settings and send it over to AME instead of a direct export, then it seems to ignore the Maximum Render Quality and outputs videos with unreadable text.

Any idea what's going on?

Thanks!

-Brandon

Yes, it's never checked.

-Brandon