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XBMC Developers Criticize AMD's Linux Driver
An anonymous reader writes "It's not only the NVIDIA Linux driver that has been publicly slammed over lacking support; the AMD Catalyst driver is now facing scrutiny from developers of the XBMC media and entertainment software. The developers aren't happy with AMD due to not properly supporting video acceleration under Linux. The AMD Linux driver is even lacking support for MPEG2 video acceleration and newer levels of H.264. AMD reportedly has the support coded, but they're refusing to turn it on in their public Linux driver."
> Why should they support Linux leeches? Get a job and pay for your software losers and then maybe you'd see some support.
This is HARDWARE you moron. Everyone that has the hardware has PAID for it you moron. Get back under your bridge.
Linus may want to cuss out the guys at Nvidia but they're doing a better job in this case.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
ATi doesn't exist anymore as a company or brand. ATi can't do anything at all.
They can't give away what they don't own, both HDMI and protected path video aren't owned by AMD so they have no choice but remove any traces from the specs.
Sigh...look in the damned mirror people! Its been 20 fricking years already, the damned drivers STILL don't work, they have NEVER worked great, the thing is a mess. Even one of the Red Hat devs says the current system isn't working and isn't sustainable, so its time folks. Time to take a good look in the mirror, cut through the dogma and bullshit, tell Torvalds he's had 20 years and couldn't fix the problems so STFU and give Linux a stable driver ABI already, and start working your way down the list of problems and making Linux a true third way.
Look as a retailer I WANT Linux to succeed, i really do. I do NOT like cutting a check to MSFT with every new build but right now things are a total clusterfuck. Companies having to continue to write drivers for stuff they don't even sell anymore because Linus' kernel fiddling breaks the old drivers, everything from the kernel to the DEs are in a giant state of constant flux and chaos, things that work in foo not working in foo+1, as it is now the driver situation alone would cost me more than a copy of Win HP simply because of all the time I'd have to spend on forum hunts and CLI fiddling and fixes just to get everything back to functional after an update.
Its a mess folks, and the sooner you accept there is a problem the sooner you can start to work to change it. Remember folks CLI fixes and forum hunts should NEVER be par for the course, you should and do deserve better!
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.