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Originally Posted by Teh Lurv

Any idea of this decoder will work for Linux/OS X?

Don't hold your breath.

[Teh Lurv]

Anandtech did a short article on the Broadcom HD decoder. According to the article and press release, the decoder's drivers will be for OS X/Linux/& Windows.

AnandTech: XBMC & Broadcom Bring 1080p Decode Upgrade to ill-equipped netbooks, nettops, Apple TVs

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Originally Posted by Teh Lurv

Anandtech did a short article on the Broadcom HD decoder. According to the article and press release, the decoder's drivers will be for OS X/Linux/& Windows.

AnandTech: XBMC & Broadcom Bring 1080p Decode Upgrade to ill-equipped netbooks, nettops, Apple TVs

Thanks for the post.

I looked at Broadcom's website, and downloaded the Linux driver (I don't have the hardware, though). It looks like the "proprietary binary blob + wrapper" model. So, there is a driver, but it remains to be seen how well supported it is by Broadcom. And when media players will be compatible with it. But Linux driver support sounds considerably better than I assumed.

Of course, if the card turns out to work well in Linux, I still won't be getting one, since I don't have a spare card slot in my Mini 9. But I might consider it for my next netbook.

I don't care about OSX support, though

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Interestingly, my Dell Mini 9 plays HD flash videos flawlessly in full screen, as detailed in this thread:

miracle to play youtube and other flash videos



The solution isn't additional hardware, it is to fire all of the programmers that work for adobe.

I was able to play full screen videos over 20 years ago on an amiga with a 33 MEGAHERTZ processor. Flash is beyond pathetic, it is silly. I laugh at it.