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Previewing your settings
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Video encoding requires a lot of computer resources and can take awhile to complete. Exactly how long depends on a number of factors, including the duration, resolution, and complexity of your `Source`, and the settings for making your new video.
Video encoding requires a lot of computer resources and can take awhile to complete.
Luckily, HandBrake has a `Preview` feature that allows you to do a test run on a few seconds or minutes of your `Source`, so you can see what your new video will look like without waiting for a complete encode to finish.
HandBrake's `Preview` feature allows you to perform a test run on a small portion of your `Source`, so you can see what your new video will look like without encoding all of it.
## Opening the Preview window
At the top of HandBrake's main window, you'll see a toolbar with various buttons.
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![Main window toolbar](../images/mac/toolbar.png "The Toolbar provides easy access to HandBrake's most common functions.")
![Opening the Preview window](../images/mac/preview-button.png "The Preview button opens a window where you can test your settings.")
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Select the `Preview` button to open the `Preview` window.
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![Preview window](../images/mac/preview-window.jpg)
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## Adjusting Preview settings
Move your mouse cursor over the `Preview` window, and some controls will appear.
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![Preview controls](../images/mac/preview-controls.png)
![Preview window](../images/mac/preview-window.jpg "HandBrake's Preview feature lets you test your settings on a small portion of your Source.")
![Preview controls](../images/mac/preview-controls.png "You can set the starting position and duration of your Preview.")
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Set the starting position by dragging the `Position` control left or right. Choose how many seconds of video you want to encode using the `Duration` control. Longer durations will take more time to encode.
Set the starting position by dragging the `Position` control left or right, and choose how many seconds of video you want to encode using the `Duration` control.
## Starting a Preview encode
## Starting a Preview encode on Mac
When you're satisfied with your starting position and duration, select `Live Preview` and be patient. HandBrake will report its progress while it works. When your `Preview` is ready, it will play automatically. You can use the playback controls to pause, rewind, and replay your `Preview`.
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![Preview start control](../images/mac/preview-controls-start.png)
![Preview playing](../images/mac/preview-playing.png)
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When you're satisfied with your starting position and duration, select `Live Preview` and be patient. HandBrake will report its progress while it works.
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To create a new `Preview`, select the `×` button to start over. When you're finished previewing your work, you may close the `Preview` window.
![Preview progress indicator](../images/mac/preview-progress.png "HandBrake will report its progress while encoding your Preview.")
![Preview reset control](../images/mac/preview-controls-reset.png)
![Closing the preview window](../images/mac/preview-window-close.png)
![Preview playback controls](../images/mac/preview-controls-playback.png "Playback controls allow you to interact with your Preview when it's ready.")
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When your `Preview` is ready, it will play automatically. During playback, the Preview controls are updated to let you pause, rewind, and replay. You can also choose which audio tracks is playing and adjust its volume.
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To create a new `Preview`, select the `` button to start over.
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When you're finished previewing your work, you may close the `Preview` window.
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## Next steps