[mythtv-users] Broadcom CrystalHD??

[Jarod Wilson]

On Jan 5, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Matt Emmott wrote:

> What's the support like with 3D games and desktop candy like Aero / Beryl / Aqua etc? I'm 95% concerned with the HTPC potential and I know that this device is in its infancy but I'm wondering what the day-to-day experience is like.

I swear I replied to this earlier, but I don't see it, so trying once more...

The Crystal HD is a video decoder card. Not a video card. You send it encoded video bitstreams, it decodes them, and puts raw frames of video in a buffer. Your application pulls from that buffer, and displays them on your video card. There is no interaction with the Crystal HD at all for 3D or any other desktop stuff, that all goes through your video card.

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Jarod Wilson
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