This project is unsupported, just look at DaVinci CPU's from TI installed into LeopardBoard. They have better functionality, and open-source!

Introducing:

This is a source-code repository for crusher264 library, it based on the reverse-engineered Crusher, CrusherCapture and CrusherHD H264 Encoder stick. It created to implement linux driver for Maxim's MG1264/MG3500 chips.

crusher264 Documentation:

1. Hardware Designs
   • Crusher
   • CrusherCapture
   • CrusherHD
2. Download
3. Build/Install
   • Library and applications
   • Patching ffmpeg
4. Running
   • EncoderMode applications
   • CaptureMode applications
5. Troubleshooting
6. FAQ

Hardware:

• Elgato Turbo.264 (MG1264-based) - encoder mode.
• Elgato Turbo.264HD (MG3500-based) - STILL NOT WORKS! (hd-encoder mode). Thanks Florian form deg.net for donating this device.
• ADS RDX-160-EF (MG1264-based) - encoder mode.
• Blackmagic Design Video recorder (MG1264-based) - capture mode.

Encoder-Mode supported by Turbo.264/RDX-160-EF
Capture-Mode supported by "Blackmagic Video recorder".

All what not yet done, may be seen in TODO list.

News:

NEWS 2010-11-05:

• Added environment variable "CRUSHER_DEV" that tells library what device number to use.
• Added new application cruserRTMP, that capable to publish CrusherCapture stream to RTMP servers or dump it to flv file.

NEWS 2010-16-04:

• Now library sends USB-reset to device when it stucked (or does not reply).
• FFmpeg patch updated (add native nv12 support to encoder).

NEWS 2010-28-03:

• Add raw-pcm output from CrusherCapture as wave file.
• Move qbox parser to user-space.
• added usb reset when i/o failed.
• updated ffmpeg-patch (added: qbox demuxer, crushercap-device, updated libcrusher264-encoder).

NEWS 2010-15-03:

• CrusherCapture support added (AAC audio capure supported too).
• added usb reset after encoding finished (fixed hot-starting bug).

NEWS 2009-27-10:

• previous code fully rewritten and publically released as crusher264
• patch for ffmpeg added