# Creating a captions encode from scratch
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1. On the **Create channel** page, find the output group that you [created](creating-a-channel-step4.md). 

1. Under that output group, find the output where you want to set up a captions encode.

1. If you need to add a new captions to this output, choose **Add captions**, then choose **Create a new captions description**,

1. Choose the captions encode, and in **Codec settings**, choose the format to use for this encode. More fields appear.

1. In **Captions selector name**, choose the selector that is the source for this captions encode, according to [your plan](channel-map-output-source.md). You [created this selector](input-audio-selectors.md) earlier.

1. Complete other fields as appropriate, to configure the captions encode. For detailed information about setting up captions encodes, see [Create captions encodes](create-captions-encodes.md).