Turbo.264 1.3 Update

June 3, 2008   3 Comments
El Gato has release an update to the Turbo.264. This update includes several new features.

YouTube
In addition to the iPod, Sony PSP, AppleTV, and iPhone exporting presets, Turbo.264 now includes a YouTube export. Select the preset, provide your YouTube account information, and your movie will be uploaded to YouTube's site.

DVD Chapters
Available in Handbrake for awhile, now Turbo.264 will now embed the DVD Chapter markers from your unencrypted DVDs. This is extremely helpful with FrontRow and AppleTV media centers.

Dolby Digital AC-R Audio Passthrough
This one is pretty simple. When ehttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifxporting to AppleTV, you can now utilize Dolby Digital AC-3 audio. Multichannel audio will no play properly though your AppleTV.

QuickTime Broadcaster Support
QuickTime Broadcaster can now take advantage of the Turbo.264 compression, significantly reducing CPU load. You shouldn't see any frame drops. Great for those webcammers out there.

The 1.3 release also addresses several bug fixes. More details of this update can be found on the El Gato website. The free update is available for download now.

Labels: ElGato, Turbo.264

Black Friday HTPC Deals...

November 23, 2007   0 Comments The holiday shopping season is officially in full swing, and there are plenty of HTPC products receiving the sale price treatment. Always enticed by a good deal, here are some of the deals we've been able to round up. Take advantage of them, most are only available for one day!


Amazon.com
Free Shipping, $1 Gift Wrapping, Ends 6PM PST
Online Store

Apple
All items include Free shipping, some available in store only.
Online Store

MacBooks: From $1048 (Up to $101 off)
iMacs: From $1048 (Up to $101 off)
Airport Extreme: $158 (Save $21)
Airport Express: $88 (Save $11)
Wireless Mighty Mouse: $58 (Save $11)
LaCie Mini Harddrive: $178 (Save $32)

ElGato
All items include Free shipping.
Online Store

EyeTv Hybrid + Gadget Bag - $129.95 (Save $35)
turbo.264 + Gadget Bag - $79.95 (Save $35)
EyeTV Hybrid + turbo.264 + Gadget Bag - $199.95 (Save $65)

Other World Computing
First come first serve!
Tips & Deals | Clearance Page

EyeTV EZ - $59.00
Genuine Apple 1GB Mac Pro (512MB x 2) FB-DIMM Memory Upgrade Kits $65.00
Apple MacBook/iMac/Mac mini Intel 512MB and 1GB modules $7.75 and $23.75
Apple SATA 2.5" Notebook drives from $29.99
Desktop 3.5" Drives up to 750GB from $44.00, 300GB for $59.00
USB 2.0 Hard Drive enclosure kits from $25.00
FireWire Enclosure Kits from $27.50
G4 Processors Duals & Singles up to 1.7GHz from $79.00; 1.0GHz $109.00!
ATI Radeon Video Cards from $49.99
SuperDrives DVD/CD Burners from $20.00

More to come as we find them. This post will be updated throughout the day.

Labels: Apple, Turbo.264

Turbo.264 v1.1 adds iPhone Presets

August 6, 2007   0 Comments
El Gato has released version 1.1 for Turbo.264. This complimentary software update ow includes presets for the iPhone, and allows you to customize your own settings.

This latest version introduces new features such as converting wide screen DVD (video_ts) without the black bars, tweaking video resolution, frame rates, adjust for smart phone resolutions, and even selecting primary or secondary audio tracks!

The main feature, the iPhone preset, encloses videos at 480x270 for a true 16:9 contents and will also do 480x270 for 4:3 content. Once the conversion has completed they appear in iTunes for quick syncing!

Introduced in June, the Turbo.2.64, has been turbo charging H.264 exports with its hardware encoder. These files quickly sync with your AppleTV, iPod, PSP, and no iPhone.

Existing users can download the free update, and those looking to buy one can get it from Amazon for $89.99.

Labels: ElGato, Turbo.264

El Gato's Turbo.264!

April 5, 2007   0 Comments El Gato has will be introducing a new innovative hardware converter for you to quickly and easily convert your video to H.264 beautiful. Recognizing that software has its limitations, El Gato's Turbo.264 will quickly export videos to your iPod and Apple TV at 640x480 and 320x240 varieties. Currently converting files is 100% software based. This hardware converter will cut down your conversion times for your EyeTV recorded TV Shows, Movies, and perhaps torrents that you have downloaded for your HTPC.

Roughly the same size as a standard USB stick, the turbo.264 will integrate with EyeTV and also provide a drag-and-drop application for conversion on the fly. Utilizing QuickTime's export ability allows the Turbo.264 anything that QuickTime can play. This includes XviD, DIVX, WMV, etc.

Turbo.264 will be available in April at $99 USD. Personally I can't wait to get my hands on this one. The majority of my HTPC content is from EyeTV and the export process can be improved upon.

Labels: ElGato, QuickTime, Turbo.264