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Elgato releases software update for Turbo.264
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
News Category: iPod Accessories
Elgato Systems has released Turbo.264 version 1.3, a free update to its USB video encoder hardware. The Elgato Turbo.264 is a Mac-only H.264 video encoder that accelerates video exports to iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV formats. New in version 1.3 is support for DVD chapter markers, which are merged into chapter markers readable by video-enabled iPods, the iPhone, and the Apple TV, and support for Dolby Digital pass through on Apple TV video exports. In addition, the software update offers numerous improvements and bug fixes. Turbo.264 version 1.3 is available now as a free download from Elgato’s website. For more information on the Turbo.264 hardware, read our full review.
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1
Cool!
The Elgato is a great product and the chapter support for DVD is a great thing!
Posted by Link Tree on May 21, 2008 at 10:36 PM (PDT)
2
Supporting chapter marks from DVD’s is huge. I can’t wait to start using this.
Posted by Neil on May 22, 2008 at 9:09 AM (PDT)
3
As soon as they add support for subtitles (Burn-in or OCR), I’ll be buying one of this puppies. Before that, I’ll stick with Handbrake.
Posted by Theo Detweiller on May 26, 2008 at 4:58 PM (PDT)