More thoughts on AppleTV

02008-01-28T04:06:27+00:00

I’ve worked out how to take a typical AVI file download (generic MPEG-4 with MP3 audio, such as XviD) and convert it to something the Apple TV should be able to play without re-encoding all the video. There’s also the elgato turbo.264, which approximately quadruples the speed of encoding video for AppleTV. I tried re-encoding a good quality downloaded show that’s unavailable in the USA, using the QuickTime AppleTV preset. The result was indistinguishable from the original.