Archive:Broadcom Crystal HD

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Broadcom Crystal HD refers to PCI Express mini cards that do hardware decoding for many video codecs. There are two versions, the BCM970012- a full height mini PCIe card, and the BCM970015- a half height card (can be adapted to full height) mini PCIe card. XBMC supports hardware video decoding on both cards on all desktop OS versions including: Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.

BCM970012	BCM970015
Full height mini PCIe card Codecs: H.264/AVC HP at L 4.1 1080i, 40 Mbps H.264/AVC HP at L 3.0 480i H.264/AVC HP at L 3.2 720p SMPTE VC-1 AP at L 3 1080i, 40 Mbps	Half height mini PCIe card uses less power than BCM970012 Codecs: H.264/AVC HP at L 4.1 1080i, 40 Mbps H.264/AVC HP at L 3.0 480i H.264/AVC HP at L 3.2 720p SMPTE VC-1 AP at L 3 1080i, 40 Mbps MPEG-2 VC-1 WMV9 MPEG-4 DivX Xvid AVS

Further reading

• XBMC.org- Broadcom Crystal HD, It`s Magic
• Anandtech.com- XBMC & Broadcom Bring 1080p Decode Upgrade to ill-equipped netbooks, nettops, Apple TVs
• Broadcom.com- Crystal HD Solution

See also

• Apple TV 1 FAQ