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The Need for Speed
You have a collection of videos on your Mac. They're movies you downloaded from your camcorder or digital camera, or perhaps projects you created yourself with iMovie. They could be short video clips that friends and family sent you by email, or TV shows, music videos, and movies that you recorded with EyeTV.
How do you make them iTunes®-ready for your iPod or Apple TV? How do you put them on a Sony PSP®?
The solution is Turbo.264, a blazingly fast and easy-to-use video encoder with a high-perfomance engine.
Encoding time in minutes. Test conducted on a MacBook 2GHz Core 2 Duo with QuickTime Player Pro 7.1.5. Test file: 10 minute DV 16:9 clip. Export setting: Movie to Apple TV.
Why the hurry?
Videos can take a surprisingly long time to encode - sometimes longer than the actual playing time. What's more, video encoding can demand a sizeable chunk of system resources. How long and how much depends on:
- the processor speed of your Mac
- the length and complexity of the source video
- the size of the video file
- the amount of video compression required for the desired end result
Turbo.264 accelerates video encoding up to four times faster on Macs with Intel Core processors. On an older Mac like a PowerPC G4 or PowerPC G5, the acceleration is exponentially faster.  Download the Data Sheet (116KB PDF)
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Buckle Up
Use the included software to convert your Mac videos one at a time or in a batch; The application drops the converted file(s) into iTunes for you, ready to synch automatically with your iPod, Apple TV or iPhone.
 Alternatively, plug in Turbo.264 while you use the MP4 export command of popular Macintosh video applications. Not only does Turbo.264 get the job done faster, it frees up your processor for other tasks. Think of it as a "co-processor" for your Mac.
Under the Hood
The software application that comes with Elgato Turbo.264 offers an easy-to-use choice of five presets: iPod High, iPod Standard, Sony PSP, Apple TV, and iPhone. For Apple TV content, the quality of videos encoded with Turbo.264 software is unrivaled: Turbo.264 converts standard definition television recordings without scaling so that recordings appear on Apple TV in the same resolution they were recorded.
Experienced video enthusiasts can adjust size, aspect ratio, overscan, frame rate, data rate, and AAC audio by creating custom settings. This enables you to:
- convert widescreen DVD (VIDEO_TS) video files without black bars.
- tweak video resolution and frame rate;
- adjust the video settings so it plays on your smartphone;
- pick the audio track you wish to go with the main feature when converting VIDEO_TS folders.
Turbo.264 supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios as well as widescreen content.
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Enclosed you will find
- Turbo264 video encoder hardware
- Turbo264 video converter software (CD-ROM)
- USB cable
- Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
- Macintosh computer with PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5 or Intel Core processor
- 512 MB of RAM
- built-in USB 2.0 port
- Mac OS X 10.4 (or later)
- QuickTime 7.1.5 (or later)
- iTunes 7.1.1 (or later)
Connections
Input formats
- Applications using QuickTime export
- Any movie that QuickTime plays (through codecs that ship with QuickTime as well as codecs that are supplied by third-party components like Flip4Mac)
- Turbo264 video converter software
- Any movie that QuickTime plays (through codecs that ship with QuickTime as well as codecs that are supplied by third-party components like Flip4Mac)
- MPEG Program Stream/System Stream (including unencrypted DVD/HD DVD content)
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Output formats
- Apple TV Video:
Video: H.264 Main Profile, 5 Mbps max., 800x600 max., 30 fps max. Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 128 Kbps, 48 kHz. (Note: If the source movie is larger than 800x600 it will be scaled to fit within 800x600 preserving aspect ratio. Resolution is maintained if 800x600 or smaller. Frame rate is maintained when 30 fps and smaller.)
- iPod (Best) Video:
H.264 Baseline Profile Low-Complexity, 1.5 Mbps max., 640x480 max., 30 fps max. Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 128 Kbps, 48 kHz. (Note: If the source movie is larger than 640x480 it will be scaled to fit within 640x480 preserving aspect ratio. Resolution is maintained if 640x480 or smaller. Frame rate is maintained when 30 fps and smaller.)
- iPod (Smallest) Video:
H.264 Baseline Profile (up to Level 1.3), 768 kbps max. 320x240 max., 30 fps max. Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 128 Kbps, 48 kHz. (Note: If the source movie is larger than 320x240 it will be scaled to fit within 320x240 preserving aspect ratio. Resolution is maintained if 320x240 or smaller. Frame rate is maintained when 30 fps and smaller.)
- Sony PSP Video:
H.264 Main Profile, 512 Kbps, 320x180/320x240, 30 fps. Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 128 Kbps, 48 kHz. (Note: A source with 16:9 aspect ratio will produce a 320x180 destination movie while a 4:3 video results in a 320×240 file.)
Compatible Devices
- Video-enabled devices that connect to iTunes (Apple TV, 5th Generation iPod or better)
- Sony PSP
Size and weight
- Height: 30 mm
- Width: 85 mm
- Depth: 12 mm
- Weight: 35 g
Warranty
- One Year Manufacturer's Warranty
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