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

[Damian]

On 20/04/2017 15:19, Stephen Worthington wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 13:52:39 +0100, you 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
> You need to read the section "Firmware" on the web page:
>
> https://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/PCTV_Systems_tripleStick_T2_(292e)
>
> It has a link to a page you can download the required
> dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw firmware file from.  Download that file and
> put it into your /lib/firmware directory.  Then reboot and the tuner
> should work.  You can check if the tuner is installed correctly by
> checking your log files for messages similar to those listed on that
> web page.

Thanks Stephen,

That sounds straight forward enough! DO I literally just have to put 
that file in /lib/firmware on my MythTV backend? Then it should all work?

Fingers crossed!

The solution is always simple. It's just knowing how to get there that's 
hard! :-)

I'll try later.

Thanks again,
Damian