Press Release
Adding iPhone Support, Customisable Settings, and Much MoreMunich/San Francisco, August 06, 2007 – Elgato has released a complimentary software update adding a number of new features to the Elgato Turbo.264, a hardware video encoding accelerator in USB stick format. Elgato Turbo.264 now supports iPhone video, offers user-customisable settings for video conversion, and enables manual selection of sound tracks from DVDs. This update to Turbo.264 version 1.1 includes improved widescreen detection, performance improvements, and a number of bug fixes.
The Elgato Turbo.264 1.1 application now supports Apple's latest bestseller, the iPhone. Two iPhone presets follow Apple's recommendations; 4:3 source material produces 480x360 pixel video, 16:9 source is encoded as 480 x 270 pixels.
Elgato Turbo.264 1.1 offers more than just two iPhone presets, however. By popular demand, users can set, save, and name their own presets. Users can choose video parameters such as size, aspect ratio, frame rate and bit rate, as well as audio encoding parameters, and save those settings for future exports.
Many DVDs have multiple audio tracks. With Elgato Turbo.264 1.1, the user can easily choose the main feature and choose the sound track to use in the improved Info dialog.
Widescreen format feature films are sometimes encoded on DVD as 16:9 video with horizontal black bars at the top and bottom (letterboxed). The Elgato Turbo.264 update recognises this content and automatically offers "Widescreen" encoding. When this option is active, Elgato Turbo.264 encodes only the actual video information, resulting in smaller files sizes without compromising picture quality.
In addition, the software update offers numerous improvements and bug fixes. Encoder firmware and software decoder optimisations lead to improved performance, higher video quality, and improved stability. Auto-detection of 16:9 sources was improved, and some problems decoding 1080i HD sources were fixed.
Price and Availability
Elgato Turbo.264 is available for 69.95 GBP (99.95 Euros) in the Elgato Online Store, the Apple Store and in retail outlets. The box includes a USB 2.0 hardware encoder, Elgato Turbo.264 software, a user guide on CD-Rom, a Quick Start Guide and a USB extension cable.
