EMGD 1.8 driver out

[BuZz]

v1.8 of the emgd driver is out.

I'll test it out and package it up as soon as I can.

http://edc.intel.com/Software/Downloads/EMGD/#download

[photor]

Great!

[roobarb!]

Fantastic! Must check out the change log - hope the testing goes well!

[BuZz]

xbmc with opengl seems to be stable. So perhaps I can ditch the gl es build. Next to try an xbmc build with vaapi acceleration.

[BuZz]

the new drivers are on my ppa, and should be picked up as available updates on my joggler distributions.

[BuZz]

well.. that's rather good news. vaapi is working with xbmc. i think the interface is a little slower with opengl, but video playback seems good. I just played a 720p h264, which seemed to work quite ok, although my joggler is a little warm in this heat! I'll get a new build of xbmc with touchscreen/pointer patches and vaapi uploaded and people can give it a spin. along with the xeebo skin, it should be great!

[BuZz]

actually it's not as good as I first thought. it seems to work, but lags occasionally and then buffers. It's an older version though so ill try the latest code and see.

[BuZz]

I have read that the 1.10 driver has been in testing for those that have access to the intel premier support stuff (signing an nda basically). Got a feeling it will be due out soon, and hopefully it will support new xserver and kernels. shall wait and see.

[roobarb!]

Good news.