Turbo Powered Encoding video to a usable format has always been a time-consuming process. Many programs available for converting video are complicated and require many steps. Exporting video from a camera adds even more problems to the mess. The turbo.264 HD aims to clean up this process while also making is quicker. Ease of Use Many software companies like Windows and Adobe seem to think that making bloated programs is the way to go. The nice thing about the turbo.264 HD is the simplicity of it.

Just drag a video to the program, select the format, start the conversion and, within minutes, your new video is done. The program comes with multiple presets including iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, Sony PSP, YouTube, HD 720P and HD 1080P. The more advanced user can edit settings such as resolution, aspect ratio and audio to make custom encoding options. By default, the software adds all video formats but YouTube to your iTunes library. When converting to YouTube, a window will open asking for your login information. Once the program logs into YouTube, it converts and uploads the video.

Includes free download of Elgato Video Capture software for Mac and Windows. Software features basic video editing tools, allowing you to trim unwanted footage away. Exports to H.264 format, perfect for iTunes, the iPod, an iPhone, the Apple TV, YouTube, and iMovie. Compatible with Mac.

The turbo.264 HD software auto-detects AVCHD camcorders. It can easily detect videos on your AVCHD camcorder and encoded them to smaller files on your computer. Even a computer novice would be able to figure out how to use this software. Performance The turbo.264 HD does as its name implies: it accelerates video-encoding time. To compare render times, we used Adobe Media Encoder CS4.

For our test computer, we used a dual-core Intel Xeon 3.0GHz Mac with OS X 10.5.6. Arduino download for mac. The turbo.264 HD got close to double the render speed of CS4, using the iPod high_quality format on the same computer. Using the same test video on a PC, a Core i7 965-based system with an NVIDIA Quadro CX and Adobe CS4, we got render times almost the same as with the turbo.264 HD. The turbo.264 HD took an older MAC and made it render at the speed of a top-of-the-line PC.

Quality There is a sacrifice when using the turbo.264 HD, however. The contrast ratio is a little less, meaning your video’s darks won’t be as dark and the whites not as white as the original. When uploading to YouTube or viewing videos on an iPod, the contrast ratio such a big issue. In fact, on some monitors, the video may actually look better. The compression on the files could be better. Adobe CS4 Media Encoder made a 51.4MB file, while the turbo.264 HD made a 70.2MB file.