Product DescriptionElgato Systems is the home of internationally acclaimed TV software. Elgato's award-winning hardware offers a complete range of solutions to watch, record, and edit Standard Definition Television (SDTV) and High Definition Television (HDTV), and create video content.
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Rating: - Works Great for Me - 75% Increase in performance.
I have a Mac 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo. It has been taking me forever to convert TV shows using VisualHub. Even worse then the amount of time taken, is that it makes my computer pretty much unusable during the conversions. I am using the Apple TV setting (higher quality than I was using with VisualHub) and seeing times reduced 75%. I was getting average fps rates of 5-7 without the device and now am running at 20 fps. I also see no noticeable performance difference while the process is running. ... Read More
Rating: - Good when it works...if it works
Really erratic. I try batch converting files from a series (e.g., different episodes from the same TV source), and half of them get converted and the other half gets spit out because Turbo.264 claims it cant handle DivX files. Ive downloaded the "required" software using Turbos link, and the same problem recurs. Whether a single file or a batch of files, Turbo.264 just quits at different places when processing the same file at different times. So far, Ive given up using its software for conversions ... Read More
Rating: - Does not work well for AppleTV
I got this for exporting eyeTV recording to appleTV format and first time a try at the end of the process it give an error message and does not create a file. After checking the web site it turns out it is a know bug. When it works it encodes video in a 1to1 speed (one hour recording takes one hour to encode in a mac mini). I am disappointed because my main use was Apple TV encoding. My other use is iPod encoding and that appears to work ok.
Rating: - Multi-task away.
From what I've gathered about the Turbo.264 from other sites, the faster/newer your processor is, the less remarkable encoding speed you will see. That held true on my system; however, speed wasn't what drew me to this product. What I desperately needed was something that would alleviate the strain on my processor from EyeTV encoding. By strain I mean 9 hours worth of encoding a day. What that translated into was 97% of the processor's capability and a subsequent jump in fan speed from 2000 to 4500 RPM. ... Read More
Rating: - Very Unstable in DivX Conversion
Have owned the turbo.264 for about 3 weeks. I have an iMac Intel on the most recent version of OSX, and an Elgato EyeTV which is terrific.
I upgraded the Turbo.264 software to version 1.3 as soon as I got it and it has worked well in converting EyeTV files to Apple TV format.
BUT it has been virtually useless in converting AVI (DivX) files to Apple TV h.264. It continually crashes during the conversion process - and it's not being caused by the file format, because in subsequent attempts it ... Read More
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Electronics : Elgato Turbo.264 - Video H.264 (MP4) Encoder Hardware 10020500
- Works Great for Me - 75% Increase in performance.
- Good when it works...if it works
- Multi-task away.
- Very Unstable in DivX Conversion