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I'm a technical assistant in a waferfab.
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I can see what you mean now. A little bit more comment or info is sometimes very useful ;). I understand from the link that this lack of sharpness only happens with the Turbo.264 program? But you still can use your Elgato stick with other programs? Or am I wrong? I'm afraid that the Elgato hardware (the stick) is a program (a codec) in a microchip. So you can't change that... It's not a codec in a chip you can program (like a firmware microchip)... And I don't believe there is even firmware. I think this is just a software problem in the Turbo.264 program because it does not happens in other programs with the stick. Or am I wrong here? Have you tested this version? The forum thread is from januari, so maybe and hopefully for you this is solved now? Any feedback would be welcome on this issue! I also own an Apple TV and never used the Turbo.264 for movies. Just for programs I recorded with EyeTV. So feedback would be very welcome! How is the feedback and support from Elgato? With kind regards and thanks for the link! BTW: The movies I converted with version 1.2 are sharp on my Apple screen. It's also sharp on my iPod Touch. And the programs from EyeTV that I sync with the Apple TV are also converted with Turbo.264 and are sharp (the only thing I do is not converting from whitin EyeTV because of an ugly border on my PHILIPS LCD TV. Instead I drag the recordings from the folder to the software and then I don't have this issue). BTW2: The bugs I have need to be checked with the new 1.3 version and the new 3.0.2 version from EyeTV!!! So you see, I have bugs too :-). But for the moment only very small ones... Which I'm almost sure they will solve in time... BTW3: I'm still convinced this Turbo 264 USB stick is a great product! The software is user friendly and is evolving... I never used software which is bugfree. Bugfree software simply does not excist! Even the best OS on the planet has bugs ;-). And believe me, as a betatester for several companies I know about bugs... There is no such thing as bugfree software. |
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Heh??? You can adjust all the standard settings in Turbo.264 (and you can make your own presets) so you can improve quality just like like in Handbrake. In Turbo.264 you have standard settings like "iPod High, iPod standard, etc." and if you press "edit" in the same pull down menu you are able to set things (quality, audio) just like you want. For example: Video settings in Turbo.264: -Size: resolution -Aspect Ratio: 4:3, 14:9, 16:9, wide -Overscan -Framerate: all the standards from 15 to 30 but also custom! -Data Rate Audio settings in Turbo.264: -Sample Rate: 24000, 32000, 44100 & 48000 khz -Channels: Mono/Stereo -Data Rate: from 64 to 160 kbps And it also depends on the source file... What about speed? I can't believe that Handbrake comes even close! Did you ever converted a 2 houres long high quality movie with both apps? Never the less, if you don't like Turbo.264 you can always use Quicktime. The Elgato turbo 264 stick is fully integrated with Quicktime and gives you even more speed (just a few fps). And you also can use the x264 software based codec in Quicktime. Handbrake is a good product and free. But you can't compare, in my opinion, both programs. One program (Turbo.264) is for a hardware codec baked in a microchip (the Elgato turbo 264) and the other program is using the x264 software based codec. If you want speed (64bits with more then 4Gb RAM Macs) in Handbrake you lose compability with iTunes, iPod, Apple TV... A person is free to use what he thinks is the best. I quote you: "But once I recently encoded a movie using Handbrake I will NOT go back to Turbo.264." end quote. Did you even tried version 1.3? Did you even tried other video/audio settings or even Quicktime? Before I bought Elgatos Turbo 264 stick I tried many programs! Handbrake but also shareware with big promises... For me this is the best solution! I converted my entire Video folder with Turbu.264. 60 Gb of video files I had collected over the years and in various formats in just a few days ;-). I realy can't complain about the quality. It's well done and I also have much more extra space on my HD thanks to the program. I wonder how long Handbrake would take for the same job? With kind regards. |
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Great update! I love the new "YouTube integration" and the "speed update". Since I bought the Elgato Turbo 264 Stick my digital life is so much faster & better. If you compare this version (1.3) with the 1.0 version a lot has been changed. In the good way. I don't understand what the previous review or comment means with "no subtitles"? This software works great with it's hardware and the job it has to do is fast converting from video into several formats (which you can adjust). And it's doing this fast & good! Very fast & very good!!! I love this software and I thank Elgato for the "YouTube feature". I love it and it works great. Now I'm not only able to fast export my recordings from within EyeTV or to stream the recordings to my iPod, iPhone or other Macs. I'm also able to drag & drop all sort of movies to convert them into Apple TV formats, or iPod/iPhone formats, etc. And now I'm able to drag & drop my movie (or recording) to convert it very fast for YouTube. It's nice that the software also uploads the movie ;-). Very easy and very user friendly! I can't wait for the next update :-D. |
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Hi, this is a review for version 1.2! *I give this software a main rating of 5. -They fixed a lot in this release. -The installer is professional. -All the information you need is in the ReadMe file and in the installer. -And the installiation works now! -It's still free software! -It's a very nice feature for Leopard Mail (this is personal, but I think many people will agree). *Features: a raiting of 4. Which is still very good ;). It's all integrated in the preferences from Mail. For Freeware there are a lot features you can control and there is room for more. You can set how this software behaves on a very personal base. *Ease of Use: a raiting of 5. It's all in the preferences and a child is able to set this up. *Value: a raiting of 5 (of corse) *Stability: a raiting of 3. Personal I would give it a 4 or maybe a 5, but there are still some Terminal commands "if" the installation is not working... The commands work well and will start the feature in Mail. But many people are still afraid from the Terminal. A Terminal script in the next release could be a solution... It's very easy to make one and to compile it to a script. So considering the previous version was buggy and hard to install with no info at all, this version is a great step forward. So I believe this software deserves a 5! It's free, it's a nice feature, it's easy to use, great feedback, friendly and helpful developers, etc. Regards and keep up the good work! |
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No thanks ;) The installer looks professional and the readme file is in the zip file and the installer. Great Job! And it works fine. 5 stars from me. It's a very nice feature for Mail in Leopard using it's powerfull engine. I'm looking forward to see new work from the developer(s). Regards |
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Hi, I just tried some things and went eventualy to the site from the developer. There is a solution for this problem. But it's rather unfriendly and not for a average user. Open Terminal and enter (or copy/paste) the following commands (each command followed by Enter): defaults write com.apple.mail EnableBundles -bool true defaults write com.apple.mail BundleCompatibilityVersion 3 Greetz ;) To the developer, it would be usefull to add this information in the installer readme or an extra file in the zipfile called ReadMe!. |
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Hi, I'm just letting you know that the installation did nothing, except adding a rule in Mail. No special effects, no extra preferences in Mail like in the screenshot. The program does nothing at all. I think there is something realy wrong with the installer! Maybe it's better to use a 10.4 installer, because if you click on the computer icon during installation you get a message if you want to install this for all users or not. I clicked on all users and maybe that's the problem? The concept is good and I would love to see it work. I did not tried the uninstaller yet. I'll do that now and try do reinstall it just for one user. But you need to test this more on several Mac's before releasing this. I just noticed that you had issues with the installer in the previous version too. Having some experiance with the installer from Xcode I would advise to try a 10.4 installer in combination with a min. system combination, which is 10.5. It's much more easy to master and control a 10.4 installer (also less change for bugs). Once you master the 10.4 installer do some tests with the 10.5 installer. As a developer you will know what I'm talking about. Again, it's a great idea and concept!!! Even a good job!!! Just the installer issues are not funny ;-) Take care and thanks for the program (and for keeping it Free!!!) |
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I can say that I build this night my first iPhone app on a PPC G5. Just install this software on a Powermac G5 and you will have much chance that it will work just fine. If you want to be sure that the iPhone SDK is installed, performe a manual installation (package after package). BTW: Aspen Simulater is running just fine on my G5 PM ;) Oh, and PPC is not DEAD. It's still alive and kicking. I know because I'm a PRO beta tester and I'm also writing some code in my free time. Leopard is running great on a PPC based Mac. Games and OpenGL apps too. I run Halo with 60+ fps average and Doom3 benchmarks (with a optimized AutoExec.cfg file) are great in native resulation (1680x1050) and high quality (57fps). Much higher then the average Intel Mac! UT2K4 tops 500fps... So don't talk about PPC is dead when the latest OS is running on it and when 95% of the software is still Universal. Greetz |
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Restore firmware 1.1.1 via the tips on the developer site from iJailbreak. After you restored the iPod with firmware 1.1.1 you need to jailbreak it again before you can use the latest iJaibreak 0.4.1. Visit the site and I'm sure there are step by step instructions on how to this right. Regards |
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Hi, in your Home folder there is an invisible map that you need to trash. It's the map from the previous jailbreak that gives a conflict if the IP adres is changed between two jailbreaks. (this happens a lot when you use a router or when you don't have a fixed IP adres) Try "iVisible" (via search here on MacUpdate) for making the invisible folders visible and delete the .shh folder. Don't forget to run "iVisible" again ;-) Regards! |
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Het ziet er alvast goed uit! En het zal alvast in België (Vlaanderen) en Nederland een succes zijn ;-) Vriendelijke groeten, Leppe aka Dokter_Mac |
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Spijtig dat de datalimiet is overschreden van de ontwikkelaar, daardoor kan men de file niet downloaden ;-( Iemand nodig om de file te hosten? Greetz, Dokter_Mac To bad the datalimit is exceeded from the developer his ISP. So you can't download the file... |
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This game is really fun to play. Your kids will love it and even for adults it's fun playing with this game. Thanks to the developers for bringing this to the Mac. Give it a try and if you like it , buy it. It's cheap for what you get , believe me. It's version 1.0 , but this game is really good tested on a great variety of hardware and graphic-cards. So you can install it without any risk! It runs on almost every Mac with OS X installed on it. If you have any problems or questions , go to the developers site.There is a forum and people are very friendly and will help you with all your questions or problems. |
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