ElGato Turbo.264

Hi,

Does anyone know if the Turbo.264 provides better results than Compressor alone, or is it just an accelerator?

Thanks :D

Rob Grauert, Jr.
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Ahh, ok. Thanks, Shane

Rob Grauert, Jr.
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Matrox is better. Because it works inside Compressor, you can modify settings and tweak quality. Elgato Turbo only had presets that you can tweak a little.

Even with basic presets, the Matrox is better.

Shane
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I haven't used the HD version, but I do have the original which I used quite a bit on G4 and G5 system. It made h.264 encoding real-time on those systems.

I never liked the results as much as the ones I got from compressor, but they were fine for working with remote producers. There were a few more artifacts and less detail in the darks which the original Elegato seemed to crush.

The HD version seems to be much more customizable than the the original, but I get quite a bit better than real-time encoding on my intel machine and for my workflow I only encode at night, lunch, or break time anyway so I haven't looked into speeding up the process recently.

Jeremy Doyle
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Well what do you know. Color me informed. Thanks.

Shane
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