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About the Video panel

The Video panel displays the content you are encoding. Depending on the type of content you are encoding, you can customize the display to show just the pre-encoded content, the encoded content, or both.

You cannot view pre-encoded content in the Input area when:

You cannot view encoded content in the Output area when:

Note   The video shown in the Output area might look blockier than it does when played on Windows Media Player because Windows Media Player contains deblocking filters, which are not available in the Output area. The blockiness is normal and does not affect the quality of the encoded content.

If you are encoding a video for multiple bit rates, you can check the quality of it at each bit rate by selecting the desired bit rate from the Preview Output box. This box contains only the video bit rates, not the bit rate for the entire stream (audio, video, and script).

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