Turbo.264 HD Video Tutorial
We love how the Elgato Turbo.264 HD works with our Panasonic HDC-SD100 (Review Link) we produced a video how-to. This video tutorial will show you how easy it is to quickly import and convert AVCHD camcorder footage using Elgato’s Turbo.264 HD hardware accelerator and software.
The intuitive interface makes simple edits to footage very simple and even has the ability to send footage directly to YouTube and YouTube HD.
If you connect an AVCHD camcorder to your Mac an additional button appears on the main window entitled ‘Add Camcorder’. This is the point when updated software really offers a massive advantage.
Importing AVCHD footage using iMovie and Final Cut although faster than traditional firewire video importing still takes a fair bit of time. The Turbo.264 software quickly lists and indexes the AVCHD footage with a first frame thumbnail.
This tutorial is available on Vimeo and also our YouTube Channel. To read our full review of the Elgato Turbo.264 HD package click here.
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Would this assist with desktop MacPro computers, or does it just improve laptops that have slower CPUs and graphic cards? How will this play out in Snow Leopard that is supposed off load graphic work to the graphics cards?
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Thanks first for this quick tutorial and your website in general.
One significant usage that I would be considering is the rapid conversion of AVCHD clips to the editable AIC format (Apple Intermediate Codec) for inclusion into iMovie libray or a FinalCut project.
Is this possible with the Turbo.264 HD ?
(through the “Edit” menu item shown at 1:45)
More generally, is any QuickTime supported format selectable ? (ProRes422, divX, etc…)
I understand that the benefit of the key would only be leveraged for the import and that the export would still rely on the main CPU if not using the standard H264 formats. Still it would be of some great help knowing the processor intensive nature of this terrible AVCHD format.
Thanks.
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