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[Aaron Whitehouse <579783@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(Note that putting the extracted firmware in /lib/firmware/, rather than
/lib/firmware/`uname -r`/, seems to make it persist through kernel
updates, but I haven't managed to test this explicitly. I haven't had a
chance to test the .deb yet, sorry.)

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Hauppauge hvr-2200 firmware not included
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579783
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Bug description:
I have a Hauppauge hvr-2200 and am using it on Mythbuntu Lucid.  The firmware for the card is not included in Mythbuntu and has to be manually extracted and moved to the lib firmware folder each kernel update.

I've managed to make the card 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?