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title: What happens on ingest
description: Once content is uploaded, Overcast analysis the file, generates preview proxies and thumbnails when required, extracts all technical and descriptive metadata and then prepares the file for preview.
url: "https://www.overcasthq.com/docs/what-happens-on-ingest/"
updated: "2021-03-19"
category: Ingest
---

# What happens on ingest

Once content is uploaded, Overcast analysis the file, generates preview proxies and thumbnails when required, extracts all technical and descriptive metadata and then prepares the file for preview.