INPUTS
Badaboom supports file inputs from digital camcorders in such formats as AVCHD and HDV as well as VIDEO_TS folders, non-protected DVD discs, video recorded from your television or content downloaded from the internet. These all use well-known compression algorithms (known colloquially as “codecs”) known as MPEG-2, and H.264. Over time Badaboom will add support for additional codecs.

OUTPUTS
The output files from Badaboom are designed to provide audio and video in a format that most portable media devices can accept. The H.264 baseline codec is coupled with 2 channels of stereo audio at bit rates and resolutions pre-optimized for your selected device. Of course it is always possible for the user to tune the pre-sets to their personal preference and a “Custom Media Center” output is provided to allow full customization of the settings.

FEATURES:

• Easy quality adjustment – A simple slider mechanism controls the quality of final image
• Efficiently use all of your PCs resources – Harness the GPU for transcoding while still being able to use the CPU for other tasks
• Auto-open converted files in iTunes – After transcoding is complete files can automatically be moved into iTunes for simple syncing
• DVD title selection and preview – Only transcode the titles you want
• Automatic up and down scaling – Input videos are scaled up or down to match your current output device settings

NEW FOR VERSION 1.2:

• Badaboom now supports eight languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

OTHER RECENT FEATURES:

• Support for additional input file formats and containers: DivX, Xvid, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV, AVI, MKV, MOV.
• Multi-GPU Support: Effectively doubles the transcode performance of Badaboom by letting the users run two or more Badaboom applications to run on separate video clips simultaneously.
• New output profiles: YouTube, Blackberry Bold and Microsoft Zune have been added.
• H.264 Main profile output: Provides even higher quality output than version 1.0, especially useful when outputting at resolutions higher than 480p.
• 1920x1080 (1080p) output: Provides great video quality when combined with Main profile.
• FRAPS support: This allows game enthusiasts to transcode their recorded game play for purposes of uploading to YouTube™, for example.
• 960x540 resolution: This is the ideal resolution for 30 fps videos transcoded to play on Apple TV.

For more information, please refer to the Release Notes.