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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001config DVB_TTUSB_DEC
2 tristate "Technotrend/Hauppauge USB DEC devices"
Mike Frysinger91f7c1302008-11-12 12:04:28 -03003 depends on DVB_CORE && USB && INPUT && PCI
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07004 select CRC32
5 help
6 Support for external USB adapters designed by Technotrend and
7 produced by Hauppauge, shipped under the brand name 'DEC2000-t'
8 and 'DEC3000-s'.
9
Michael Krufky50c25ff2006-01-09 15:25:34 -020010 Even if these devices have a MPEG decoder built in, they transmit
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070011 only compressed MPEG data over the USB bus, so you need
12 an external software decoder to watch TV on your computer.
13
Michael Krufky50c25ff2006-01-09 15:25:34 -020014 This driver needs external firmware. Please use the commands
15 "<kerneldir>/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware dec2000t",
16 "<kerneldir>/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware dec2540t",
17 "<kerneldir>/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware dec3000s",
Ville Skytt\รค12e66f62006-01-09 15:25:38 -020018 download/extract them, and then copy them to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
19 or /lib/firmware (depending on configuration of firmware hotplug).
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070020
21 Say Y if you own such a device and want to use it.