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Revision as of 19:25, 11 November 2009
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Contents
Introduction
Broadcom's Crystal HD is an inexpensive dedicated hardware decoder. It is distributed in the following forms:
- BCM970012NB - PCIe mini card
- BCM970012PQ - PCIe desktop adapter
- BCM970012IC - ExpressCard 34
- BCM970010 - ExpressCard 34
It may also be known as the Broadcom AV-VD905, which is paired with the ASUS Eee Keyboard.
Crystal HD is also known by other includes. For example, Dell refers to it as Broadcom BD Accelerator.
The above products may be rebranded by OEM's, and are known to be available for the following targeted platforms:
- HP Mini 110
- Aspire One netbook
- Dell Inspiron 1525 and Studio 1735
(note: there are adapters for regular to mini PCIe cards: http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/MP1.html)
The decoders are available on ebay, among other sources.
Drivers
Drivers are being developed for both MythTV frontend and XBMC.
Obtaining drivers
Available drivers
CrystalHD libraries
In Fedora
In Ubuntu
Intel Chipsets
Compiling/Installing the driver
NVIDIA
Intel
Configuring xorg.conf
NVIDIA
INTEL
Enabling the chipset library
Checking your installation
MythTV Crystal HD Support
Packages and Distributions
Compiling from source
Configuring MythTV
OSD
Using other applications
Processes and streams that can be accelerated for most video formats
Crystal HD can accelerate the decoding of full HD ripped from blu-ray.
- H.264/AVC HP at L 4.1 1080p/1080i, 40 Mbps
- SMPTE VC-1 AP at L 3 1080p/1080i, 40 Mbps
- VC-1 Simple and Main Profile (WMV9)
- MPEG-2 MP @ ML and MP @ HL
It supports any standard resolution from QVGA up to 1920 x 1088.
Alternatives
There are alternative methods for hardware assisted playback of high definition video:
