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I mainly bought the Turbo.264 to re-encode videos with subtitles to be watched on the iPhone. It seems that with subtitles the Turbo.264 does not really improve the encoding time anymore and also the CPU usage is not that much different when using Quicktime with or without the Turbo.264 plugged in. The moment a srt subtitle file is present, the encoding slows down significantly, the CPU usage goes up to 50% or even more. Encoding with subtitles is though a completely different story. On the other hand the CPU usage is only about 10-15 % when I use the Turbo.264. It is about 25-30% faster than my iMac 24” C2D 2.33 GHz using Quicktime (roughly a 400 MB XVID of 45 minutes playtime takes about 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes to encode). I just posted a comment aver at Macsimum News about the Elgato Turbo.264: It's easy to use, not overwhelmed with useless features and works very reliable. You always can afterwards reduce the resolution and optimize the overall file size of such recorded movies. It works fine with 1920x1200 resolution and does not use much resources when you record with 100%, not scaling down while you record. Finally the recorded Screencasts can be easily exported to more compressed formats. It allows to fade in some text via hot-keys and also can embed the feed form a webcam aside the screen that is being recorded. I finally decided to buy Screenium, because it seemed to have the most features for a reasonable price of only $20.

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I stumbled on the following site comparing several applications, as well as this site giving some tips on how to do Screencasts and which are nice tools to help you doing them, such as Backdrop .

Therefore I checked what Screencast applications are available for the Mac. I wanted to record what I show to people regarding how they can do certain tasks on a Mac. My final conclusion is, if you are looking for some cheap but good monitor speakers with a low susceptibility to interferences (digital input, shielded speaker casings) and if you can life without a subwoofer pumping your guts all the time, the Behringer MS40 are a good choice. I actually plan to get some order in the whole cable mess and reduce the cables as much as possible by putting a cable connection board under the table plate just below the iMac. I might still be able to improve this setup. They are now only occurring when I place the iPhone in certain places and are caused by the cable connecting the left speaker to the amplifier in the right speaker. I even found a place for my iPhone dock (on top of the left speaker) where there are no interferences. The bass feels of course different compared to my Logitech 2.1 system with a dedicated subwoofer, but the good quality of the middle and high tones compensate for a less heavier bass pretty easily in my opinion. And yes, I know, there are far better studio monitor speakers out there, but when you are on a tight budget for these gadgets, they are just fine.

They sound pretty neat for the price of CHF 190.00 (the M-Audio Studiophiles would have been CHF 219.00 ). So now I have the two MS40 speakers sitting next to my iMac, and I have to say, that I am very happy. Furthermore, the MS40 features a digital input, which would again make one cable connection immune to interference.

I really liked the fact, that you have the power button as well as the main sound controls (volume, bass, treble) in the front side, wheres the M-Audio has only a volume button in the front.

After some considerations, I went for the Behringer ones. The Behringer Digital Monitor Speakers MS40 and the M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 Desktop Speaker System were my final two choices, both available at the House of Sound. The selection was narrowed down to two candidates, which also were still in a not too painful price range, serving a small budget. I was looking at some alternatives, which would increase the sound quality, reduce the cable clutter and hopefully would be less susceptible to interferences. Although it looked nice with my white 24' iMac 2.33 GHz, I never was too happy with all the cabling it required and the resulting sensitivity to interferences caused by the iPhone in its dock next to the iMac. I was not too happy with my previous sound system, the Logitech Z-4i.