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 +====== Preferences ======
  
-This page contains details and explainations for the options in the drop down menu: "Edit -> Preferences". These will help you configure and customize Avidemux more to your liking when you are using it.+This page contains details and explainations for the options in the Preferences ​dialog. These will help you configure and customize Avidemux more to your liking when you are using it.
  
-===== User Interface =====+Some changes require a restart to be taken into account, especially the audio and video decoding/​displaying options.
  
-  * Message level: Set the desire level of message popups within Avidemux. Regardless of this setting you will still be prompted to necessarily decisions or questions. +===== User Interface =====
-    * **No alerts** - will not pop up any message about success or failures +
-    * **Display only error alerts** - only allow pop up with problems or failure messages +
-    * **Display all alerts** - allow all messages to pop up with all information+
  
-  * Swap marks A and B if A > B switch the A and B marks if a new A mark is greater than the old B mark +  ​* Message level(nbsp)(ndash) set the desired level of message popups within Avidemux. Regardless of this setting you will still be prompted to necessarily decisions or questions:​ 
-  * Go to systray when encoding ​- avidemux ​will minimize itself when an encoding is running and restores when it is done.+    * **No alerts**(nbsp)(ndash) will not pop up any message about success or failures. 
 +    * **Display only error alerts**(nbsp)(ndash) only allow pop up with problems or failure messages. 
 +    * **Display all alerts**(nbsp)(ndash) allow all messages to pop up with all information. 
 +  ​* Swap marks A and B if A > B(nbsp)(ndash) ​switch the A and B marks if a new A mark is greater than the old B mark. 
 +  * Go to systray when encoding(nbsp)(ndash) Avidemux ​will minimize itself when an encoding is running and restores when it is done.
  
 ===== Input ===== ===== Input =====
  
-  * Automatically index MPEG files automatically start indexing MPEG files immediately with asking if it should index them. It will still ask about appending multiple mpeg type files though +  * Automatically index MPEG files(nbsp)(ndash) ​automatically start indexing MPEG files immediately with asking if it should index them. It will still ask about appending multiple mpeg type files though. 
-  * Disable NuppelVideo resync ​- By default, ​avidemux ​will try to synchronize audio and video on nuv file (only if audio is PCM!). If this option is activated, no sync attempt will be made. +  * Disable NuppelVideo resync(nbsp)(ndash) by default, ​Avidemux ​will try to synchronize audio and video on nuv file (only if audio is PCM!). If this option is activated, no sync attempt will be made. 
-  * Use libavcodec MPEG decoder +  * Use libavcodec MPEG decoder(nbsp)(ndash) enabling ​this option ​will use libavcodec ​instead of mpeg2dec to decode ​MPEG-1/MPEG-2  video. It is mainly for CPU architectures that have no HW acceleration ​for mpeg2dec. libavcodec MPEG-2 ​decoder is more robust toward slightly erroneous streams and has good error concealment code to hide errors (from DVB recordings for example). 
-    * Enabling ​this options ​will use lavcodec ​instead of mpeg2dec to decode ​mpeg1/2  video. It is mainly for CPU architectures that have no HW Acceleration ​for mpeg2dec +  * Set Default Postprocessing Level(nbsp)(ndash) ​set defaults for a few post encoding filters to apply to video before saving file.
-    * Lavcodec mpeg2 decoder is more robust toward slightly erroneous streams and has good error concealment code to hide errors (from DVB recordings for example) +
-  * Set Default Postprocessing Level set defaults for a few post encoding filters to apply to video before saving file+
  
 ===== Output ===== ===== Output =====
  
-  * MPEG auto split (MB) set the size at which to split mpeg videos when saving large files +  * MPEG auto split (MB)(nbsp)(ndash) ​set the size at which to split MPEG videos when saving large files. 
-  * Use OpenDML (don't split large AVI files) ​+  * Use OpenDML (don't split large AVI files)(nbsp)(ndash) when the output format is set to AVI, save the file in the OpenDML format instead of the old AVI format (which has a file size limit). This enables you to save files over 4(nbsp)GB without splitting them.
  
 ===== Audio ===== ===== Audio =====
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 Audio output: Audio output:
   * **Dummy**: Actually means no audio device, so no audio playback.   * **Dummy**: Actually means no audio device, so no audio playback.
-  * **Win32**: Use Windows audio system (Windows only) +  * **Win32**: Use Windows audio system (Windows only). 
-  * **CoreAudio** : Use CoreAudio audio system (MacOsX ​only) +  * **CoreAudio**:​ Use CoreAudio audio system (Mac(nbsp)OS(nbsp)X ​only). 
-  * **OSS**: Open-sound-systemThe older linux sound system. It is rather inadequated now and may conflict with modern ​systems, especially with using multiple applications with sound at the same time. ALSA or ARTS (for KDE) are recommended.+  * **OSS**: Open Sound SystemModern Linux systems ​use ALSA by default, but OSS is still used on other UNIX-like systems.
   * **ARTS**: Analog Real time synthesizer (aRts). An application that simulates an analog synthesizer under KDE/Linux. One key component of aRts is the soundserver which mixes several soundstreams in realtime. The soundserver called aRtsd (d for Daemon) is also utilized as the standard soundserver for KDE. Obviously recommended for use in KDE.   * **ARTS**: Analog Real time synthesizer (aRts). An application that simulates an analog synthesizer under KDE/Linux. One key component of aRts is the soundserver which mixes several soundstreams in realtime. The soundserver called aRtsd (d for Daemon) is also utilized as the standard soundserver for KDE. Obviously recommended for use in KDE.
-  * **ALSA**: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. The newer linux sound system (kernel module). It handles multiple audio applications and stream mixing ​much better. Generally recommended (though ​ARTS is better for KDE, and ESD is better for GNOME).  +  * **ALSA**: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. The newer Linux sound system (kernel module). It handles multiple audio applications and stream mixing. Generally recommended (though ​aRts is better for KDE(nbsp)3, and ESD is better for GNOME). 
-    * The default ALSA device isplughw:0,0. If this does not work, tryhw:0.+    * The default ALSA device is plughw:0,0. If this does not work, try hw:0.
   * **ESD**: Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD or EsounD). The sound server for Enlightenment and GNOME. It mixes several sound streams into one for output. It can also manage network-transparent audio. Obviously recommended for use in GNOME.   * **ESD**: Enlightened Sound Daemon (ESD or EsounD). The sound server for Enlightenment and GNOME. It mixes several sound streams into one for output. It can also manage network-transparent audio. Obviously recommended for use in GNOME.
  
-ALSA device ​see Audio output -> ALSA subsection+ALSA device(nbsp)(ndash) ​see the Audio output -> ALSA subsection.
  
-Local Playback Downmixing ​- Enable ​use of downmixing or sound alteration for certain sound environments. You can set the way a multichannel audio will be downmixed when played inside Avidemux. If you have a 5.1 speaker soundsystem and an audio-device that supports it, you might want to select "no downmixing."​ Otherwise the multichannel audio will be downmixed to either Dolby Pro Logic 1 or 2.+Local Playback Downmixing(nbsp)(ndash) enable ​use of downmixing or sound alteration for certain sound environments. You can set the way a multichannel audio will be downmixed when played inside Avidemux. If you have a 5.1 speaker soundsystem and an audio-device that supports it, you might want to select "no downmixing."​ Otherwise the multichannel audio will be downmixed to either Dolby Pro Logic 1 or 2.
  
 Volume bar controls: Volume bar controls:
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 ===== Video ===== ===== Video =====
  
-  * **Gtk**: Uses no hardware acceleration for your video playback. Video playback may be choppy or unsmooth. Use of the option ​<I>SDL</I> or even better ​<I>Xvideo accel</I> if possible. +  * **GTK+**: Uses no hardware acceleration for your video playback. Video playback may be choppy or unsmooth. Use of the option ​//SDL/or even better ​//Xvideo accel/if possible. 
-  * **SDL accel**: Uses an abstract software layer system between your software and your hardware to improve video playback. It will smooth the video playback within Avidemux and provide a more reliable working enviroment. This option is better than normal ​Gtk, which has no acceleration. But <​I>​Xvideo ​accel</I> is better if possible to use.  +  * **SDL accel**: Uses an abstract software layer system between your software and your hardware to improve video playback. It will smooth the video playback within Avidemux and provide a more reliable working enviroment. This option is better than normal ​GTK+, which has no acceleration. But //​XVideo ​accel/is better if possible to use.  
-  * **Xvideo ​accel**: Uses the system video enviroment itself (not hardware) to improve video playback. It will smooth the video playback within Avidemux and provide a more reliable working enviroment. If this option is available, it should be used.+  * **XVideo ​accel**: Uses the system video enviroment itself (not hardware) to improve video playback. It will smooth the video playback within Avidemux and provide a more reliable working enviroment. If this option is available, it should be used.
  
 ==== Default Postprocessing ==== ==== Default Postprocessing ====
  
-Post processing happens after the video frames have been created. Some users strongly recommend disabling all of these options as they can interfere with more complex operations, particularly with filtering involving [[Video filters#​Interlacing|Interlacing]] and [[Video filters#​Noise|Noise]]+Post processing happens after the video frames have been created. Some users strongly recommend disabling all of these options as they can interfere with more complex operations, particularly with filtering involving [[Video filters#​Interlacing|interlacing]] and [[Video filters#​Noise|noise]].
  
   * Horizontal Deblocking: Enables minimal checking for broken video pixels blocks horizontally.   * Horizontal Deblocking: Enables minimal checking for broken video pixels blocks horizontally.
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