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3 Dec 11

How-to: Run Angry Birds on Archos 9 (GMA 500)

By Hash Moody | 3 Dec 11 | Tutorial

After seeing a huge number of posts all over the internet, I decided to launch this post on my blog, even on the official Rovio's website its showed up, that Angry Birds is not supported, here's their statement on GMA500:

I get the following error "Texture is too large 2048 x 2048, maximum supported is 1024 x 1024".

Make sure the you have the latest display adapter drivers installed either through Windows Update or hardware configuration. Please note that Angry Birds requires OpenGL, which is not supported on GMA 500 graphics adapters.

Source: http://www.rovio.com/en/support/faq&support_category_id=14

There are a lots of IEGD drivers out there which lets you run the angry birds, but in-turn, have no support for the backlight control of display & no support for AERO, because they are not WDDM Compatible.

So, ladies & gentelmen, here I introduce my custom drivers for GMA500 Intel(R) Embedded Media and Graphics Driver, for Windows 7 OS only.

Highlights:

Version: 8.16.070.4600
Name: GMA500 Moody Edition (EMGD)
Supported GPU: GMA500
WDDM Support: Yes, WDDM 1.1
DirectX Support: Yes, DX10.1
OpenGL Support: Yes, OpenGL2.0
Shared Video Mem: 251MB
Windows 7 Aero Support: Yes, Perfect
DXVA/DXVA2 Hardware Acceleration: Yes, Perfect
Driver Base: 2048 GMA500 EMGD
Supported Resolutions: 800x600, 1024x600
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 (Tested)

What took me into this was the cute Angry Birds, I liked it so much & wanted to play it on the Archos 9 Tablet.

I tried several driver solutions out there, with no solution at all except of tons of bloatware, had to format ultimately. The error I got when trying to run Angry Birds was :

"Texture is too large 2048 x 2048, maximum supported is 1024 x 1024"

It was due to the drives provided by Intel, which didnt supported OpenGL.

Now my Archos 9 Tablet is loaded with my custom Moody GMA500 Drivers ;) runs Aero, Angry Birds, 1080p HD videos & everything else fine, no-bugs known until now.

If you'd like to download the drivers you're all welcome, just install my drivers & you're good to go!

See for yourself in the video below

Download link to "Moody's GMA500 EMGD Drivers"
GMA500 Drivers with OpenGL + WDDM Compatible (Required for AERO Windows 7)

If this article helped you please do post your comments and share this article on Facebook & Twitter & if you are happy in Full Swing :) GIFT ME A BEER !!!

Cheers!
Hash Moody


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24 Oct 11

Fonts: 5 Really Beautiful Free High-Quality Fonts

By Hash Moody | 24 Oct 11 | Fonts

We’re pleased to present Piron, Nobile, St Marie, Mr Jones and St Ryde Regular fonts, all these 5 fonts are selected to help you craft beautiful designs. Please note that some fonts are for personal use only and are clearly marked as such. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the fonts; they can change from time to time.


1. Piron

Piron is a highly legible typeface, very well suited to any display or text usage: Web, print (especially magazines), brochures, logos, posters, flyers, motion graphics. The font comes in two weights: regular and oblique. Designed by Alexander Nedelev and Veronika Slavova. Available for free and commercial use, and available in OpenType format.

Preview:

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2. St Ryde Regular

St Ryde is a sans-serif, very casual typeface, that works perfect in your bodycopy within the regular weights. The whole family comes in 5 weights including the matching italics, so you can choose from thin, light, regular, medium and bold. Regular is available for free download. St Ryde has a wide range of characters, including small caps, lining, proportional and tabular figures plus small caps figures, too. Designed by Sascha Timplan. Available in OpenType format.

Preview:

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3. Nobile

The font is designed to work on digital screens and handheld devices without losing the distinctive look usually found in fonts designed for print. The aim here was to design a font that would function well, have good legibility on screen yet also look good — not only at larger display sizes but also right down to small text sizes. The font is available in the Google Font Directory and was released under the Open Font License. The family comes in four weights (regular, italic, bold and bold italic).

Preview:

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4. Mr Jones Book and Mr Jones Book Italic

Mr Jones was originally conceived as a family for print design, consisting of a sans and a headline. The lowercase forms are wide for legibility at small sizes, while the caps are narrower to save space and keep an even balance of negative space when used in body copy. The overall widths of certain characters have been adjusted to almost extremes to keep an even balance of white space around each letter. The font works well in body copy but will need decreased tracking in larger settings. It comes with proportional, old-style and tabular figures and discretionary ligatures.

Preview:

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5. St Marie

St Marie is a rich type family designed for online applications and print. This release is a preview of the upcoming family, and the designer has released two weights (St Marie Thin and St Marie Thin Web) for free. The download package contains the weights in the formats OTF, WOFF, EOT and SVG, as well as a @font-face kit. See this example of St Marie Thin Web (HTML-page).

Preview:

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About the auther

Hello. welcome to my blog, my name is Hash Moody and I’m a young entrepreneur & a web design enthusiast.

I’m the Owner & CEO of Azoora Inc., a web design, development & branding corporation.

In my spare time, I enjoy learning new things, whether fixing my car, to learn violin, etc, though I really enjoy killing time in garden, stepping in hills, or driving at night.


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