update readme, improve gid-video verbosity

README.md

@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with `-f Dockerfile.aarch64
 
 ## Versions
 
-* **23.12.21:** - Install Intel drivers _after_ Plex to fix broken tone mapping on comet lake.
+* **25.12.21:** - Install Intel drivers from the official repo.
 * **20.01.21:** - Deprecate `UMASK_SET` in favor of UMASK in baseimage, see above for more information.
 * **10.12.20:** - Add latest Intel Compute packages from github repo for opencl support on latest gen igpu.
 * **23.11.20:** - Add Bionic branch make Focal default.

readme-vars.yml

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ app_setup_block: |
 
 # changelog
 changelogs:
-  - { date: "23.12.21:", desc: "Install Intel drivers _after_ Plex to fix broken tone mapping on comet lake." }
+  - { date: "25.12.21:", desc: "Install Intel drivers from the official repo." }
   - { date: "20.01.21:", desc: "Deprecate `UMASK_SET` in favor of UMASK in baseimage, see above for more information." }
   - { date: "10.12.20:", desc: "Add latest Intel Compute packages from github repo for opencl support on latest gen igpu." }
   - { date: "23.11.20:", desc: "Add Bionic branch make Focal default." }

root/etc/cont-init.d/50-gid-video

@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ FILES=$(find /dev/dri /dev/dvb -type c -print 2>/dev/null)
 for i in $FILES
 do
     VIDEO_GID=$(stat -c '%g' "$i")
-	if id -G abc | grep -qw "$VIDEO_GID"; then
-		touch /groupadd
-	else
-		if [ ! "${VIDEO_GID}" == '0' ]; then
+    if ! id -G abc | grep -qw "$VIDEO_GID"; then
         VIDEO_NAME=$(getent group "${VIDEO_GID}" | awk -F: '{print $1}')
         if [ -z "${VIDEO_NAME}" ]; then
             VIDEO_NAME="video$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | head -c8)"
@@ -16,11 +13,8 @@ do
             groupmod -g "$VIDEO_GID" "$VIDEO_NAME"
         fi
         usermod -a -G "$VIDEO_NAME" abc
-			touch /groupadd
+        if [ $(stat -c '%A' "${i}" | cut -b 5,6) != "rw" ]; then
+            echo -e "**** The device ${i} does not have group read/write permissions, which might prevent hardware transcode from functioning correctly. To fix it, you can run the following on your docker host: ****\nsudo chmod g+rw ${i}\n"
         fi
     fi
 done
-
-if [ -n "${FILES}" ] && [ ! -f "/groupadd" ]; then
-	usermod -a -G root abc
-fi