Broadcom CrystalHD Linux Software Release v3.205

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This is beta release of the Linux driver and application software with support for the BCM70012 and BCM70015

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This is a source release with Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit (SSE enabled) binary packages

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FEATURES SUPPORTED - 

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Playback support for H.264 and other codecs using the default media players for Ubuntu and Meego. This includes support for GStreamer based applications. Support for VLC and Adobe Flash Player is also in beta with this release.

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Support both BCM70012 and BCM70015

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FIXED ISSUES

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Fixed issue with crash when two instances of the decoder were opened

Allow building on non-SSE CPUs - use "NOLIB_SSE=yes make" in the command to build the library

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KNOWN ISSUES

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BUILD and INSTALL instructions for source packages

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Required packages -

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Under Ubuntu the following additional packages are required, install them using "sudo apt-get <package-name>"

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build-essential

g++

automake

autoconf

libtool

libgstreamer0.10-dev

libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev

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In order to build and install the driver - 

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In the crystalhd-driver folder, run the following commands -

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make

sudo make install

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Or using the deb file use module-assistant to install the module

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In order to build and install the library - 

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In the crystalhd-libs folder, run the following commands - 

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make

sudo make install

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If a deb binary package is desired - run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

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In order to build and install the media player application library (gstreamer plugin) - 

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In the crystalhd-gst, run the following commands -

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./autogen.sh

make

sudo make install

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If a deb binary package is desired - run dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot

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Finally copy the firmware files from firmware/fwbin/70015 and firmware/fwbin/70012 directories to /lib/firmware

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If using the lib deb package, the firmware is installed automatically

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If HW scaling is necessary - Enable from the GStreamer plugin explicitly. Search for bEnableScaling 

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