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Turbo.264 HD is an encoder and accelerator that converts all popular video formats, including HD camcorder video, to a high-quality H.264 file in standard or HD resolutions. It is incredibly fast and comes with an easy-to-use software application.

H.264 is the universal video compression standard that can be played on an iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, gaming consoles, selected smartphones and on the web. It offers extremely high quality video in small file sizes.

Instant access to your HD camcorder

Preview and move HD camcorder movies to your Mac or iPod in one fast and easy step. Turbo.264 HD automatically detects AVCHD camcorders.

Convert all popular video formats

Drag and drop any video file into the application and convert it to a high-quality H.264 file in standard or HD resolutions.

Incredibly fast and easy to use

The Elgato Turbo.264 comes with intuitive software and converts videos at amazing speeds. The hardware encoder dramatically accelerates exports and sharing when used with Mac applications such as iMovie, QuickTime Pro, Final Cut Pro and EyeTV.

Suitable for pros and beginners alike

Preview, trim and scale video clips to remove unwanted content, batch process, and easily merge multiple clips into one movie. Select from one of nine presets, ranging from “iPod small” to “HD 1080p” or create your own custom video output profiles by adjusting size, aspect ratio, overscan, frame rate, data rate and more.

Convert DVD’s that are not copy-protected

Convert VIDEO_TS folders to play on an iPhone and AppleTV. Turbo.264 supports DVD chapter markers, and enables you to pick the audio track you want to go with the main feature when converting VIDEO_TS folders. It also automatically detects widescreen DVD content to encode it without black bars. Turbo.264 HD supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios as well as widescreen content.

Accelerate EyeTV exports

Accelerate EyeTV exports for Wi-Fi Access and iTunes, iPod and AppleTV. Turbo.264 HD preserves Dolby Digital audio when it encodes to the Apple TV format, so you can playback EyeTV recordings on an Apple TV with a multi-channel audio sound system.

It also converts standard definition television recordings without scaling so that EyeTV recordings appear on Apple TV in the same resolution they were recorded.

Features

• Instant access to HD camcorder video
• Converts video incredibly fast to high-quality H.264 files in standard or HD resolutions
• Intuitive and easy to use software enables you to preview, trim video and convert video in one easy step
• Movies are automatically optimized for the selected preset and if applicable added to the iTunes library, ready to sync.
• Create custom video output profiles - suitable for pros as well as novices
• Dramatically accelerates video encoding in popular Mac video applications - share an iMovie project in less time and accelerate EyeTV exports
• Convert DVD’s that are not copy-protected

Did you notice?

Turbo.264 HD is the fastest and easiest way to put HD and AVCHD camcorder video on a Mac and iPod.

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Turbo.264 HD offers a fast way and easy way to preview and convert HD camcorder video and other types of video to play on a Mac, iPod, iPhone and Apple TV.

Technical specifications

• Connections: USB 2.0, bus powered
• Input formats: AVCHD Video, QuickTime, AVI, DV, WMV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Program/Transport Stream, MPEG-4, MP4, M4V, H.263, H.264 AVC, Xvid, VIDEO_TS and many more.

Output formats:

• Apple TV Video: H.264 Main Profile, 5 Mbps max., 1280x720 pixels at 24 fps max. or 960x540 pixels at 30 fps max., Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 160 Kbps, 48 kHz

Note: If the source movie is larger than 1280x720 it will be scaled to fit within 1280x720 preserving aspect ratio. Resolution is maintained if 1280x720 or smaller. Frame rate is maintained when 30 fps and smaller). When exporting to Apple TV format, for sources that contain Dolby Digital AC-3 audio, the digital audio will be passed through into the resulting file.

• iPod High 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 640×480 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 Standard 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.

• iPhone Video: H.264 Baseline Profile (up to Level 1.3), 900 kbps max. 480x360 max., 30 fps max. Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 128 Kbps, 48 kHz.

Note: If the source movie is larger than 480x360 it will be scaled to fit within 480x360 preserving aspect ratio. Resolution is maintained if 480x360 or smaller. Frame rate is maintained when 30 fps and smaller.

• HD 720p: Video: H.264 Main Profile, 10 Mbps max., 1280x720 pixels at 30 fps max., Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 160 Kbps, 48 kHz.

Note: If the source movie is larger than 1280x720 it will be scaled to fit within 1280×720 preserving aspect ratio. Resolution is maintained if 1280×720 or smaller. Frame rate is maintained when 30 fps and smaller.

• HD 1080p: Video: H.264 Main Profile, 10 Mbps max., 1920x1080 pixels at 30 fps max., Audio: AAC-LC, stereo, 160 Kbps, 48 kHz

• Custom profiles: H.264 High Profile, 1080p, 30 fps, 10 MBit/s max.

Dimensions

• Height: 10 mm
• Width: 30 mm
• Depth: 73 mm
• Weight: 18 g

System requirements

• Mac with Intel Core processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• Built-in USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X 10.5.6 Leopard (or later)
• QuickTime 7.6 (or later)

What's in the box?

• Turbo.264 HD video encoder hardware
• Turbo.264 video converter software (CD-ROM)
• USB cable