As well as other reports that the software is too simple, but this can easily be addressed further down the line.
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elgato Turbo.264 released
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As well as other reports that the software is too simple, but this can easily be addressed further down the line.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/24/review_elgato_turbo264/
El Reg's review says it IS beneficial - even on Intel hardware
El Reg's review says it IS beneficial - even on Intel hardware
Looks at the pictures, the turbo is so much duller and poorer quality.
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Because it is using QuickTime's poorer h.264 codec versus x264 - the OSS library used for H.264 encoding in HandBrake.
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Another aspect to consider would be power consumption and heat/noise. Running a dual-core Intel Mac at maximum cpu load will trigger the fans, and consume far more power than the USB device, I imagine.
Is that right?
Looking again, the results from the Turbo look horrible.
If that's down to Quicktime then it needs a serious overhaul....when is QT8 due ?
As far as I am aware there hasn't been any official talk of QT8, it is however believed to be released with/around Leopard.
QT6 15th July 2002
Jaguar 24th August 2002
QT7 29th April 2005
Tiger 29th April 2005
From above, there was no new QT for Panther, however QT releases seem to coincide with OS releases. (QT5 was released around Cheetah but there was a major overhaul here so this was needed for a native version)
The gap between QT releases is usually somewhere between 1.5-3 years so October 07 or around will fall towards the later end of this gap.
There are a couple of new technologies coming into QT which I saw on ADC in iTunes, can't remember what they were called.
Firewire?
I'm sure i'm in the minority here, but my 3 yr old eMac doesn't have USB2, what are the chances of them making a firewire version of this thing? It's kind of ironic that it's us folks with older machines who would likely benefit the most from this little gadget, and we can't use it.
I'm sure i'm in the minority here, but my 3 yr old eMac doesn't have USB2, what are the chances of them making a firewire version of this thing? It's kind of ironic that it's us folks with older machines who would likely benefit the most from this little gadget, and we can't use it.
Yeah, a strange turn of events. Considering that it's a Mac-only device (I think?), that pretty much every Mac has FW, and that FW seems well suited to streaming video in and out of the device (although the bandwidth here isn't that high), it seems like a good fit. But I don't see it happening either. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the rumors did not turn out to be true and that the Macbook came with a FW port.
Thanks, That's a detailed reply.
There seems to be quite a few short commings with QT from what I've read and seen - poor h264 codec and the bloomin DD5.1 problem
I just received my Turbo.264 and I am curious to read what you guys use your for.
I wanted to rip one of my DVDs last night and it wouldn't, explaining that the contents were "protected".
Then what else is this toy useful for?
I wanted to rip one of my DVDs last night and it wouldn't, explaining that the contents were "protected".
Then what else is this toy useful for?
Converting files to h.264. I convert divX files all the time for my iPod. You can use mactheripper to get the video.ts folder to your computer, I think you can then drag it to the h.264 software and you can then get the movie. I don't think it will do dvd's with episodes (like tv shows), I think it just grabs the main video file.
That sounds right.
The main reason why I got it was to rip DVDs faster. If I must go through Mac the ripper first, doesn't it really save any time vs. using handbrake?