[mythtv-users] Mac Mini and Broadcom Crystal HD PCI Express mini-card

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Fri Jan 1 02:08:36 UTC 2010


On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 06:03:53PM -0800, Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> >
> > So as Scott said, just in case anyone missed it in the other thread, we just got a late $holiday present:
> >
> > http://www.broadcom.com/support/crystal_hd/
> >
> 
> So this is probably a stupid question, but is PCI Express mini
> different than mini  PCI?  My mythbox has an unused mini PCI slot that
> I assume this card would not work for; however, it would be fun to
> play with these if that is not the case considering the only other
> slots are a PCI (used for my PVR-350) and AGP meaning VDPAU is a
> non-starter for me.

Yes, mini pci-e is different than mini pci.

VDPAU *is* possible with a pci GeForce 8+ series card though.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com



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