Elgato Turbo.264 HD Video Encoder

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3.5 out of 5 stars

Based on 19 reviews

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Unbelievably fast!

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    100 of 112 people found this useful

    I use this to convert movies (VIDEO_TS format) to Apple TV format. On my MacBook Pro it does this conversion three to four times faster than realtime! It's amazing.

    And I love being able to convert clips directly from my Panasonic HD camcorder.

    Was this useful? Unbelievably fast!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Turbo.264

    • Written by from Hobe Sound

    61 of 63 people found this useful

    During a One on One session, I bought this on the recommendation of my Trainer. It is awesome! I first used it on my 15" Mac Book Pro. While rendering a video, I checked my CPU usage with iStat. My Mac Book Pro wasn't even working hard. I could surf the net, work in iMovie without any problems. I would recommend this product to anyone.

    Was this useful? Turbo.264

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    USB device may not be required

    • Written by from Greenfield

    20 of 20 people found this useful

    I ordered this a while ago to use with a 2007 MacBook Pro, and it works well, as advertised. I tried it with my quad-core i7 MacBook Pro, and it actually encodes faster without the USB stick. Significantly faster. So, you may not need the USB stick at all.

    As for the software, it's turnkey out of the box good stuff for converting video to stream to my iPad using Air Video. I batch a bunch of video files for conversion and let it rip. They all resize consistently and the video quality is great.

    Was this useful? USB device may not be required

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    cannot find any syncing problems

    • Written by from ridgmont

    18 of 19 people found this useful

    have been using for a week so far on a dozen video_ts folders. I love being able to just drag the movie folder that contains the video_ts folder straight into turbo 264 hd multiple times to form a Queue and let it get on with it. So far the encoding is very fast i have used lots of different re encoding programs on windows machines but for vob files to mp4 at decent quality this program gets a 100% vote from me.

    Was this useful? cannot find any syncing problems

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Amazing!

    • Written by from BRIGHTON

    13 of 13 people found this useful

    This just arrived from the Apple Store yesterday. I have a number of AVI files I have been wanting to convert over to AppleTV. The old way was time-consuming and labourious. The Elgato Turbo way is amazing. Set up the files and it does the rest.

    It is fast, and with the files I have converted so far, I haven't noted any sync'ing problems. All the work is handled by the USB stick, so I can still get work done on the computer while it is chugging away.

    I'm happy I bought this.

    Was this useful? Amazing!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Audio-Sync: Problem Solved

    • Written by from Freeport

    19 of 25 people found this useful

    It's because you either have a codec installed that causes issues with it or because you didn't set up the settings correctly, make sure you put the right frame rate in and nothings wrong with this, it's great product, I hope elgato comes out with a new version soon. I am going to buy this and the new elgato tv product :)

    Was this useful? Audio-Sync: Problem Solved

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works as advertised!

    • Written by from Newport Beach

    17 of 22 people found this useful

    My only gripe is the software update mechanism, new downloads can only be accessed through the application itself so don't lose your install CD!

    Was this useful? Works as advertised!

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Outstanding Product

    • Written by from Chula Vista

    13 of 16 people found this useful

    As previous reviews say, the Turbo.264 HD does exactly as advertised. I was able to encode an EyeTV recording of a hour-long TV show in 13 minutes instead of 40 minutes on my Mac Pro Quad 2.66. I highly recommend this to anyone that needs to convert video files fast!

    Was this useful? Outstanding Product

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    I'm Speechless

    • Written by from Scarborough

    11 of 14 people found this useful

    WOW, On my Unibody MacBook Pro, this thing converts a 700MB .avi file to AppleTV format at nearly 5 times the speed of Quicktime with no loss in quality whatsoever while keeping my MacBook's CPU at ~50%, and the fans only at 2000rpm. I'd recommend this device for anyone who find themselves converting video. It is well worth the price tag!!

    Was this useful? I'm Speechless

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    Works As advertised

    • Written by from Bryant's Cove

    9 of 11 people found this useful

    This is a great companion to the Mac and until the time Apple builds a coprocessor like this into new consumer based Mac's I will look to Elgato for products like this.

    Was this useful? Works As advertised

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