---
name: "sreview-previews"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "sreview-encoder"
version: "0.11.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sreview-previews"
---

# sreview-previews(1p)

create previews from the "sreview-cut" output

## NAME

sreview-previews - create previews from the "sreview-cut" output

## SYNOPSIS

sreview-previews TALKID

## DESCRIPTION

`"sreview-previews"` performs the following actions:

- •

  Look up the talk with id TALKID in the database.

- •

  Verify if the codecs in the pre, main, and post videos as produced by sreview-cut are HTML5-compatible. If they are, copy them to a MP4 or WebM container from the Matroska one.

- •

  If they are not, convert them to the `"vp8_lq"` profile

- •

  Update the database to set the current talk's `"progress"` field to `"done"`.

## CONFIGURATION

`"sreview-previews"` considers the following configuration values:

- dbistring

  The DBI string used to connect to the database.

- pubdir

  The directory in which to find the output of `"sreview-cut"`, and in which to write the previews

## SEE ALSO

`"sreview-cut"`, `"sreview-transcode"`, `"sreview-skip"`, `"sreview-config"`