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<div class="breadcrumbs">English Docs > HandBrake Latest > Previewing your settings</div>
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<h1>Previewing your settings</h1>
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<p>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 <code>Source</code>, and the settings for making your new video.</p>
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<p>Luckily, HandBrake has a <code>Preview</code> feature that allows you to do a test run on a few seconds or minutes of your <code>Source</code>, so you can see what your new video will look like without waiting for a complete encode to finish.</p>
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<h2>Opening the Preview window</h2>
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<p>At the top of HandBrake’s main window, you’ll see a toolbar with various buttons.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/toolbar.png" alt="Main window toolbar" /></p>
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<p>Select the <code>Preview</code> button to open the <code>Preview</code> window.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-button.png" alt="Preview button" /></p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-window.png" alt="Preview window" /></p>
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<h2>Adjusting Preview settings</h2>
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<p>Move your mouse cursor over the <code>Preview</code> window, and some controls will appear.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-controls.png" alt="Preview controls" /></p>
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<p>Set the starting position by dragging the <code>Position</code> control left or right. Choose how many seconds of video you want to encode using the <code>Duration</code> control. Longer durations will take more time to encode.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-controls-position.png" alt="Preview position control" /></p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-controls-duration.png" alt="Preview duration control" /></p>
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<h2>Starting a Preview encode</h2>
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<p>When you’re satisfied with your starting position and duration, select <code>Live Preview</code> and be patient. HandBrake will report its progress while it works. When your <code>Preview</code> is ready, it will play automatically. You can use the playback controls to pause, rewind, and replay your <code>Preview</code>.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-controls-start.png" alt="Preview start control" /></p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-playing.png" alt="Preview playing" /></p>
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<h2>Finishing up</h2>
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<p>To create a new <code>Preview</code>, select the <code>Still Previews</code> button to start over. When you’re finished previewing your work, you may close the <code>Preview</code> window.</p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-controls-reset.png" alt="Preview reset control" /></p>
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<p><img src="../images/preview-window-close.png" alt="Closing the preview window" /></p>
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<h2>Next steps</h2>
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<p>If the <code>Preview</code> you created was lacking in quality or otherwise not as expected, you may need to <a href="adjust-quality.html">adjust quality</a> or select a different <a href="select-preset.html">Preset</a>, after which you can create another <code>Preview</code> to see any changes.</p>
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<p>Once you are satisfied, continue to <a href="start-encoding.html">Starting encoding</a>.</p>
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<p><span class="authorship">This article is part of the <a href="../../../" title="HandBrake Documentation">HandBrake Documentation</a> and was written by Bradley Sepos.</span> <span class="contributing">Join us on GitHub to contribute your thoughts and ideas, and to suggest any necessary corrections.</span></p>
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<small class="copyright">Copyright 2016 HandBrake Team. <a href="../../../license-summary.html" title="License Summary"><abbr title="Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International">CC BY-SA 4.0</abbr></a>.</small>
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