[mythtv-users] [SOLVED-ish] Thinking of moving on from MythTV ... I found the main problem, but still have 292e woes

[Richard Morton]

Read this, check firmware is present

https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCTV_Systems_tripleStick_T2_(292e)

I have both 290e and 292e working fine.



Please excuse brevity and pistakes as this email was composed on a phone.

Best regards,
Richard


On 20 Apr 2017 1:56 pm, "Damian" <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:

> On 20/04/2017 13:14, Simon Hobson wrote:
>
>> I wrote:
>>
>> Yes, you'll need firmware. In effect (as a simplification), the device is
>>> a small computer in it's own right, and needs to be loaded with software
>>> before it will work. Because the firmware is proprietary, it can't be
>>> included with "free" OSs* - so you have to go and get the file yourself.
>>>
>>> * Depending on policies etc (particularly on the part of the device
>>> vendor), it may or may not be available in a "non free" section of the OS
>>> software repository. Typically the user must manually enable use of the non
>>> free section if they need stuff from it.
>>>
>> In some cases, the firmware file may need to be ripped out of an
>> installer package downloaded from the vendor's site. Some are really
>> restrictive about things, and only provide a Windows installer - so you
>> have to download that, unpack it, and extract the firmware file contained
>> in it. Once you have that, the driver on your free OS can use it.
>>
>
> Thanks Simon,
>
> That makes things clearer.
>
> I'm not sure what to do about it :-) But the issue is clearer.
>
> Thanks,
> Damian
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