The Broadcom CrystalHD decoder chips provide hardware video
decoding for a number of video formats. It does so using a
memory:memory interface where a compressed bitstream is fed
in and decompressed pictures are copied out. As such, it works
independent of any graphics hardware in the system.
Features supported in this initial version:
* Support for Linux (using current drivers/library from git.wilsonet.com)
* Support for 70015 hardware
* Formats: MPEG2, MPEG4 Part 2, H.264, VC1 and DivX 3.11 (untested)
* Progressive content
* Non-H.264 Interlaced content
* H.264 MBAFF content
Features missing in this initial version:
* Support for OSX (might work - untested)
* Support for Windows
* Support for 70012 hardware
* H.264 PAFF content
Signed-off-by: Philip Langdale <philipl@overt.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
