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Mac fans who work with high definition camcorder clips have been aware of Elgato’s Turbo.264 HD for a while — it’s a USB dongle that provides hardware acceleration for editing HD clips without converting them first. Today the company has released a software edition of the hardware device.

The Mac application, known as Turbo.264 HD SE (for Software Edition), is essentially a converter for encoding HD video for consumption on the Web or on other devices. The Software Edition uses sophisticated algorithms to convert standard and high-def files quickly, and can also work in tandem with the Elgato Turbo.264 HD hardware to boost video conversion speeds up to four times. Turbo.264 HD SE is now included with the hardware.

A free trial version of the software, which will only encode the first 3 minutes of your video, is available for download from Elgato. Turbo.264 HD SE is available at the Elgato Online Store for US$49.95, while the Turbo.264 HD is still available for $99.95.

TUAWElgato Turbo.264 HD Software Edition converts video for iOS devices originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The iPod is elegant and small, glossy and slick. Why not cram it into a log? The huge, hollowed-out tree trunk you see at right is an iPod speaker system. Created by Austrian design studio KMKG, the piece begs for an adolescent wood joke that I’m going to resist.

When I say it is a speaker system, that’s the truth. There are no electronic speakers inside. Instead, the piece is created in a way that enhances the wood’s own resonance. Customers can chose their own type of wood and length of the finished piece. Note that the one above weighs 130 lbs, so choose wisely. There’s no word on pricing or availability, but we assume it’s one of those “if you have to ask, you can’t afford it” arrangements.

A tree used as an iPod speaker. Now we’ve seen everything.

TUAWiPod speaker dock carved from tree trunk originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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