Turbo 264 Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Turbo.264 HD adds AVCHD transcoding savvy

by Michael Rose (Mar 20th, 2009)

When first we met the Turbo.264 hardware compression accelerator, it did a great job of speeding up video exports on older CPUs but didn't offer a tremendous boost on modern Intel hardware. True, it worked well with Elgato's EyeTV software to transcode TV recordings overnight for iPod or iPhone use, ...

Save space on your iPhone by re-encoding movies and TV shows

by David Chartier (Aug 11th, 2007)

If you encode your own video for watching on various devices and you're looking to save every last MB on your iPhone, it could be worth your time to re-encode at least some of your larger files with more conservative settings. While I, for example, have been copying the iTunes Store's settings and ...

Turbo.264 update brings iPhone formats, customizable encoding settings

by David Chartier (Aug 7th, 2007)

Erica took a first look at Elgato's Turbo.264 USB video encoder last month and found it to be a mixed bag. While it is indeed a powerful accessory to many Mac user's video encoding efforts, it's only compatible with apps that use QuickTime for encoding and export, so HandBrake and VisualHub ...