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---
Type: article
State: [ obsolete ]
Title: Using the Queue
Project: HandBrake
Project_URL: https://handbrake.fr/
Project_Version: 1.6.0
Language: English
Language_Code: en
Authors: [ Bradley Sepos <bradley@bradleysepos.com> (BradleyS), Scott (s55) ]
Copyright: 2023 HandBrake Team
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
License_Abbr: CC BY-SA 4.0
License_URL: https://handbrake.fr/docs/license.html
---
Using the Queue
===============
Encoding videos takes time, and can use a lot of your computer's computational power.
Luckily, you can set up multiple encodes at once by adding them to HandBrake's `Queue`.
## Adding encodes to the Queue
Begin by [opening a Source, selecting a Title](../workflow/open-video-source.html), and [selecting a Preset](../workflow/select-preset.html). Then select the `Add to Queue` button on the toolbar.
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![Adding an encode to the Queue](../../images/mac/add-to-queue-button-1.0.0.png "Select the Add to Queue button on the toolbar to add your encode to the queue.")
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![HandBrake toolbar on Windows](../../images/windows/toolbar-1.0.0.png "Select the Add to Queue button on the toolbar to add your encode to the queue.")
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Select the `Show Queue` button on the toolbar to see the queued encodes, or `Jobs`.
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![Opening the Queue window](../../images/mac/queue-button-1.0.0.png "Select the Show Queue button on the toolbar to open the Queue window.")
![Queue window on Mac](../../images/mac/queue-1.0.0.png "The Queue window lists pending Jobs.")
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![HandBrake toolbar on Windows](../../images/windows/toolbar-1.0.0.png "Select the Show Queue button on the toolbar to open the Queue window.")
![Queue window on Windows](../../images/windows/queue-1.0.0.png "The Queue window lists pending Jobs.")
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You may open additional `Sources` and add them to the `Queue` in the same manner.
## Adding multiple encodes simultaneously
When using the `Queue`, you may find it beneficial to create multiple `Jobs` at one time.
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On Mac, first open the `Preferences` window using the `HandBrake` menu. In the `General` section, ensure that the `Automatically name output files` setting is selected and `Title` is part of the `Format` field.
![Opening the Preferences window on Mac](../../images/mac/preferences-menu-1.0.0.png "Open the Preferences window using the HandBrake menu.")
![Selecting the Automatically name output files setting](../../images/mac/preferences-auto-naming-1.0.0.png "Select Automatically name output files to ensure unique file names when adding multiple Titles to the Queue.")
This ensures that each of your `Jobs` will be given a unique file name, and not overwrite each other.
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On Windows, first open the `Preferences` window using the `Tools` menu. In the `Output Files` section, ensure that the `Automatically name output files` setting is selected. Set a `Default Path` (where your new videos will be created) and make sure `Title` is part of the `File Format` field.
![Opening the Preferences window on Windows](../../images/windows/preferences-menu-1.0.0.png "Open the Preferences window using the Tools menu.")
![Selecting the Automatically name output files setting](../../images/windows/preferences-auto-naming-1.0.0.png "Set up Automatic File Naming to ensure unique file names when adding multiple Titles to the Queue.")
This ensures that each of your `Jobs` will be given a unique file name, and not overwrite each other.
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If your `Source` is a Blu-ray, DVD, or other disc or disc-like format with multiple `Titles`, you may open it with HandBrake and add multiple `Titles` to the `Queue` simultaneously.
Additionally, you may open a folder of multiple single-`Title` videos (excluding discs and disc-like formats) as one virtual `Source` with multiple `Titles` using the `Open Source` dialog, and then add multiple `Titles` to the `Queue`[^batch-scan-subdirectories].
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![Opening a folder containing multiple video Sources](../../images/mac/open-source-dialog-folder-1.0.0.png "The Open Source dialog allows you to select a folder containing multiple video files.")
![Selecting a Title](../../images/mac/title-selection-1.1.0.png "The Title control lets you select which video clip you want to use.")
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On Linux, select `Add Multiple` from the `Queue` menu, then select the `Titles` you wish to encode using the presented dialog. Be sure to give each a unique file name.
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On Mac, select `Add Titles to Queue...` from the `File` menu, then select the `Titles` you wish to encode using the presented dialog.
![Add Titles to Queue menu item](../../images/mac/add-titles-to-queue-menu-1.0.0.png "Select Add Titles to Queue... from the File menu to open a selection dialog.")
![Selecting multiple Titles to add to the Queue](../../images/mac/add-titles-to-queue-1.0.0.png "Select the Titles you wish to encode from the Add Titles to Queue dialog.")
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On Windows, select `All Selection to Queue` from the `Queue` menu to add all `Titles`.
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You may open additional `Sources` and add them to the `Queue` in the same manner.
## Editing Jobs
To make changes to `Jobs` in the `Queue`, first open the `Queue` window by selecting the `Show Queue` button on the toolbar.
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![Opening the Queue window](../../images/mac/queue-button-1.0.0.png "Select the Show Queue button on the toolbar to open the Queue window.")
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![HandBrake toolbar on Windows](../../images/windows/toolbar-1.0.0.png "Select the Show Queue button on the toolbar to open the Queue window.")
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To remove a `Job`, select the `` button next to the unwanted `Job`.
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On Linux, if you want to make changes to a `Job` already in the `Queue`, select the `Job` and then select `Edit`. Editing a `Job` opens the `Source` in HandBrake's main window and removes the `Job` from the `Queue`.
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On Mac, if you want to make changes to a `Job` already in the `Queue`, control- or right-click on the `Job` and select `Edit`. Editing a `Job` opens the `Source` in HandBrake's main window and removes the `Job` from the `Queue`.
![Editing an encode Job on Mac](../../images/mac/queue-edit-1.0.0.png "Control- or right-click the Job and select Edit to make changes.")
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On Windows, if you want to make changes to a `Job` already in the `Queue`, select the edit button next to the `Job`. Editing a `Job` opens the `Source` in HandBrake's main window and removes the `Job` from the `Queue`.
![Editing an encode Job on Windows](../../images/windows/queue-1.0.0.png "Select the edit button, which looks like a sheet of paper, to make changes to a Job.")
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When you're finished making changes, again add the encode to the `Queue` by selecting the `Add to Queue` button on the toolbar.
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![Adding an encode to the Queue](../../images/mac/add-to-queue-button-1.0.0.png "Select the Add to Queue button on the toolbar to add your encode to the queue.")
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![HandBrake toolbar on Windows](../../images/windows/toolbar-1.0.0.png "Select the Add to Queue button on the toolbar to add your encode to the queue.")
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## Starting the Queue
When ready, select the `Start` button on the`Queue` window or the `Start Queue` button on the main window to begin encoding the `Jobs` in the `Queue`.
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![Starting the Queue](../../images/mac/start-queue-button-1.0.0.png "The Start Queue button begins encoding the Jobs in the Queue.")
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[^batch-scan-subdirectories]: When opening multiple videos in a folder, HandBrake ignores any additional folders inside. Make sure the videos you wish to open are at the top level of the selected folder.