somagic-extract-firmware(1)

somagic-extract-firmware(1) Somagic EasyCAP somagic-extract-firmware(1)

NAME

somagic-extract-firmware - Extract the Somagic EasyCAP DC60 or Somagic EasyCAP002 firmware from a Windows driver file

SYNOPSIS

somagic-init [OPTION]... [DRIVER_FILENAME]

DESCRIPTION

Extracts the firmware for the Somagic EasyCAP from the Windows driver file named DRIVER_FILENAME, verifies its CRC32 signature, and writes it to a file.

Before running this program, use Wine or Windows to run "Setup.exe", which should be found in the "Drivers" directory of the EasyCAP installation CD. This should create a driver file named either "SmiUsbGrabber3C.sys" or "SmiUsbGrabber3C.sys", located in either the "Program Files/Common Files/Somagic/SmiUsbGrabber3C/xp/" or "Program Files/Common Files/Somagic/SmiUsbGrabber3E/xp/" directory.

OPTIONS

-f, --firmware=FILENAME
Write to firmware file FILENAME. The default filename is "/lib/firmware/somagic_firmware.bin".
--help
Print program usage and example.
--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-init(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 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.

February 2012 somagic-extract-firmware 1.0