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      | Pre-Processing: 
      | Before you start wasting hours of encoding time please take
	  a break to examine your source you intend to
	  transcode into another video/audio format. transcode
	  comes with two helper tools that list some options when
	  invoked without arguments. 
	       tcprobeDisplay summary information on file type, video format, audio
		tracks and more.
 
	       tcscanScan the source and gather some global statistics.
 
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