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	Half height mini PCIe card uses less power than BCM970012
Codecs: VC-1 support - SMPTE 421M-2006 specification Supports Advanced Profile Level 3 with a 40 Mbps maximum encoded bit-rate restriction. Supports Simple and Main Profile (WMV9, WMV-HD) decoding H.264 support - ISO/IEC 14496-10 specification Support for AVC High Profile streams up to Level 4.1 with a 40 Mbps maximum encoded bit-rate restriction I, B, and P slices CABAC and CAVLC entropy decoding Field/frame and picture adaptive decoding Macroblock adaptive field/frame decoding All intrablock and interblock sizes Supports Simple and Main Profile decoding H.264/AVC HP at L 4.1 1080i/1080p, 40 Mbps MPEG-2 Support - ISO/IEC 13818-2 specification Supports the Main Profile up to High Level at 125 Mbps	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
• LogicSupply.com- BCM970015 Product page
• How to install the Broadcom Crystal HD card on an Apple TV 1 (silver)

See also

• Apple TV 1 FAQ