video conversion

Roxio serves up Popcorn 3

popcorn 20070829 200848 Roxio serves up Popcorn 3Roxio today released Popcorn 3, an application that allows Mac users to transfer their favorite personal video entertainment to DVDs and popular portable devices.

The latest version of Popcorn comes with features that streamline and simplify workflow as well as universal video conversion and encoding technology optimized for the broadest selection of devices including iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, BlackBerry, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 compatibility and exclusive TiVoToGo and EyeTV support. With TiVoToGo support, consumers can now easily transfer their favorite TV shows to their Mac, create DVDs or move them to a portable device of their choice for on-the-go viewing.

Popcorn 3, a universal application, is available in retail stores across North America for a suggested price of USD$49.99. Previous owners of Toast and Popcorn maybe eligible for special upgrade pricing.

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Turbo.264 USB video encoding ”thumb device” announced by Elgato

turbo264 20070516 203639 Turbo.264 USB video encoding thumb device announced by ElgatoElgato Systems announces the Turbo.264: a hardware encoder in USB stick format that converts video files to the H.264 (MP4) format for iPod, Apple TV, and Sony PSP. Turbo.264 accelerates exports by a factor of 4 on an Intel Core 2 Duo up to a factor of 10 on a PowerPC G4.

The Turbo.264 is able to offload the computationally intensive software conversion of video files away from your Macintosh, leaving it free for other tasks–a virtual co-processor for the Mac. Turbo.264 supports all Macs with USB 2.0 with no need for additional software–Turbo.264 comes with video conversion software by Elgato. Simply drag-and-drop videos into the application and chose one of four formats: iPod Standard, iPod High, Apple TV, Sony PSP.

Turbo.264 is available immediately for USD$99.95. The package includes the USB 2.0 Hardware Encoder, the Turbo.264 software on CD-ROM, a user’s guide on CD-ROM, a quick start guide as well as a USB extension cable.

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iSquint 1.4.3 plays a bit better with iTunes

iSquint is an iPod video conversion app for Mac OS X that is many times faster than QuickTime Pro…which wouldn’t take much. It works with almost all popular video formats, and it’s FREE. Just drag in your file, and click Start. You can also choose “TV” or “iPod” size, set your quality, or even go all-out by playing in the Advanced drawer.

Version 1.4.3 fixes an annoyance where “Add to iTunes” would play the file after import. There have also been some “branding changes” and Japanese localization has been added.

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