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[Aaron Whitehouse <question106502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New question #106502 on Mythbuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+question/106502

I have a Hauppauge hvr-2200.  I've managed to make it work by: 
(1) putting it in the machine and then reading dmesg, which said that it couldn't load the firmware (someone else's output follows):
[    5.065271] saa7164[0]: Your board isn't known (yet) to the driver.
[    5.065272] saa7164[0]: Try to pick one of the existing card configs via
[    5.065273] saa7164[0]: card=<n> insmod option.  Updating to the latest
[    5.065273] saa7164[0]: version might help as well.
[    5.065276] saa7164[0]: Here are valid choices for the card=<n> insmod option:
[    5.065278] saa7164[0]:    card=0 -> Unknown
[    5.065280] saa7164[0]:    card=1 -> Generic Rev2
[    5.065281] saa7164[0]:    card=2 -> Generic Rev3
[    5.065283] saa7164[0]:    card=3 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
[    5.065285] saa7164[0]:    card=4 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
[    5.065286] saa7164[0]:    card=5 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
[    5.065288] saa7164[0]:    card=6 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2200
[    5.065290] saa7164[0]:    card=7 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250
[    5.065291] saa7164[0]:    card=8 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR2250

(2) I then followed these instructions http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/showthread.php/38864-Hauppauge-HVR-2200-Tuner-Install-Guide?p=286124&viewfull=1 to do a modprobe card=4 and add it to the options file so that it stays after reboot.
(3) this didn't work and gave an error about not finding the firmware to upload, so I had to extract the firmware with the instructions here http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7344302

I understand why my card is not yet supported, but I don't understand why the firmware is not included. Is it a licensing issue?

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