NAME

somagic-init - Upload firmware to initialize the Somagic EasyCAP DC60 or Somagic EasyCAP002

SYNOPSIS

somagic-init [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

Uploads the firmware for the Somagic chip, and reconnects the USB dongle with a new product ID. This program must be run as root in order to interact with the USB capture device directly.

OPTIONS

-f, --firmware=FILENAME

Use FILENAME for firmware. The default filename is "/lib/firmware/somagic_firmware.bin".

--help

Print program usage and example.

--skip-check

To detect corrupt or incorrect firmware, the checksum of the firmware is normally compared against a list of checksums for known good firmware files. Setting this option skips the validation check.

--version

Print the program version, the program copyright, a list of authors, and a notice that there is no warranty.

EXIT STATUS

The program exits with a status of zero on success. A status of one will be returned if any errors were encountered.

SEE ALSO

somagic-extract-firmware(1), somagic-capture(1)

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to the easycap-somagic-linux project on Google Project Hosting: <http://code.google.com/p/easycap-somagic-linux/issues/list>

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jeffry Johnston <somagic@kidsquid.com>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2011, 2012 Tony Brown, Jeffry Johnston. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.