[mythtv-users] ESPN3/360 in Myth

[Jarod Wilson]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Monday, September 06, 2010 11:45:32 am Tyler T wrote:
>> > We'd all like to see accelerated flash decoding, but I don;t expect it
>> > anytime soon, if ever.
>>
>> It is already supported under Windows, actually. Unfortunately,
>> if/when Adobe will support it under Linux is anybody's guess.
>>
>> "Broadcom hardware decoding of H.264 video in Flash Player 10.1 is
>> supported on the Broadcom BCM70012 as well as the BCM70015 video
>> decoding chipsets, found in systems with Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced
>> Video Accelerator hardware." --
>> http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/
>
> "decoding of H.264 video in Flash Player 10.1" would seem to be simply adding functionality to the Flash player. The
> Crystal HD can of course decode h264, the problem is flash.
>
> It still isn't a hardware decoding for flash, it's just adding something to the player, and more or less admitting that
> flash stinks.

I have yet to actually try it out myself, but Scott just pointed this
out for the 10.2 flash player beta Adobe just posted:

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Skunkworks:chd-test files davilla$ strings
/Users/davilla/Downloads/libflashplayer.so | grep libcrystalhd
libcrystalhd.so

:)

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com