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---
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Type: article
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State: [ obsolete ]
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Title: Previewing your settings
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Project: HandBrake
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Project_URL: https://handbrake.fr/
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Project_Version: 1.6.0
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Language: English
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Language_Code: en
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Authors: [ Bradley Sepos <bradley@bradleysepos.com> (BradleyS) ]
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Copyright: 2023 HandBrake Team
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License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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License_Abbr: CC BY-SA 4.0
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License_URL: https://handbrake.fr/docs/license.html
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---
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Previewing your settings
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========================
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Video encoding requires a lot of computer resources and can take awhile to complete.
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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.
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## Opening the Preview window
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At the top of HandBrake's main window, you'll see a toolbar with various buttons.
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<!-- .system-macos -->
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Select the `Preview` button to open the `Preview` window.
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## Adjusting Preview settings
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Move your mouse cursor over the `Preview` window, and some controls will appear.
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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.
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## Starting a Preview encode
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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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When your `Preview` is ready, the controls are updated to let you play, pause, and rewind your video. You can also adjust the audio volume, and in some cases, choose which audio track plays.
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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
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Continue to [Starting encoding](start-encoding.html).
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If the `Preview` you created was lacking in quality or otherwise not as expected, you may need to [adjust quality](adjust-quality.html) or select a different [Preset](select-preset.html), after which you can create another `Preview` to see any changes.
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