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[Aaron Whitehouse <579783@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've tested the file and it works brilliantly. For your info, the three files that appear to be needed are:
dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw	v4l-saa7164-1.0.2.fw  v4l-saa7164-1.0.3.fw
These files are in the deb above, but not in the package in the repos for Lucid.

Once the updated package is included, it would be great if jockey could
suggest the linux-firmware-nonfree package for people with an hvr-2200,
so that they didn't have to manually diagnose the problem and install
the package.

Thanks a lot for your help. I will keep using this package and will
report any problems, but it appears to be working fine.

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Hauppauge hvr-2200 firmware not included
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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?