This is being used by the netbook community w/ success.
I dropped one into my old dell XPS laptop and it works great, but it is limited to only one windoze video player for now.
But now I can run X.264 smoothly on an old underpowered system.
davilla is the lead XBMC developer on adapting the BCM chip for use on the aTV.
The thread indicates significant progress towards Crystal HD support.
Looks like I’ll have to pull the wifi card out of my aTV, but , I can use USB wifi dongle or just run wire.
:roll: http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=423223&postcount=400
Seriously ATV flash TAKE NOTICE OF THIS PLEASE!!! Adding this feature will most definitely add at ton of people to you base. Tell people that all they need to do is install a cheap 25 buck card with your software and every format on the planet will playback. You will have a 1080P atv. Place a small wiki with install instructions with a simple warranty caution (will probably void warranty). With Flash support coming soon there NOTHING that the ATV can’t do. With the form factor, price, and ease of use I would imagine many people will buy your software. I know for me personally if you plan on adding this feature I will be buying ATVs, broadcom cards, and your software in large quantities to sell on the market.
Okay, okay, okay. Now that I’m frothing at the mouth, is this something we can implement right now? You can’t just pull the wifi & insert this card. You’d need drivers running somehow…AHhhhh! How can I make this happen?!
I’m sure aTVflash crew has eyeballs on this one. You can probably do it yourself in short order, but us tech-challenged folk, we just send a Paypal payment when ready :lol: