Hi,
Broadcom Crystal HD looks a good alternative to VDPAU. The card is cheap ~ $24 on eBay (http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=BCM970012&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_odkw=Broadcom+Hardware+Decoder+BCM970012&_osacat=0) and allows to playback HD content on non-VDPAU hardware. XBMC already supports Broadcom, drivers for Linux exists and will be included into kernel soon. MythTV team is also working to support it. So, when Xine will add support of Broadcom Crystal HD we'll able to use it in LinuxMCE as well.
- http://www.logicsupply.com/products/bcm970012
- http://xbmc.org/davilla/2009/12/29/broad...l-hd-its-magic/
- http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Broadcom-BCM70015/
- http://www.broadcom.com/support/crystal_hd/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkhIZqOePps
Discussion re supporting this card is ongoing on both xine and mplayer irc channels.
/niz23
So, that means we'll have support of Broadcom Crystal HD in the both Xine and Mplayer :)
To soon to say bit it looks like they Will implement support in the long run.
I try to dig some and see what i can come up with.
/niz23