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NAME tv_validate_grabber – Validate that an xmltv grabber works correctly SYNOPSIS tv_validate_grabber –help tv_validate_grabber [–config-file <configfile>] [–keep-files] <cmd> DESCRIPTION tv_validate_grabber runs a grabber through a series of test to determine if it follows the recommendations described at <http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvCapabilities> tv_validate_grabber does not assume that the grabber is written in perl. The command does not have to…

NAME tv_validate_file – Validate that a file contains valid xmltv data. SYNOPSIS tv_validate_file –help tv_validate_grabber [–dtd-file <dtdfile>] <file> DESCRIPTION OPTIONS –dtd <dtdfile> Use the specified file as the xmltv dtd instead of downloading it from the web. AUTHOR Mattias Holmlund, mattias -at- holmlund -dot- se. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2005, 2007 Mattias Holmlund. This program is…

NAME tv_to_text – Convert XMLTV listings to text. SYNOPSIS tv_to_text [–help] [–with-desc] [–output FILE] [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Read XMLTV data and output a summary of listings. The programme titles, subtitles, times and channels are shown. –with-desc include programme description in output –output FILE write to FILE rather than standard output SEE ALSO xmltv(5). AUTHOR Ed Avis,…

NAME tv_to_potatoe – Convert XMLTV listings to potatoe format. SYNOPSIS tv_to_potatoe [–help] [–outdir PATH] [–lang LANGUAGE] [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Read XMLTV data and output potatoe files to either the current working directory or the specified one. –outdir PATH write to PATH rather than current working directory –lang LANGUAGE the LANGUAGE you prefer. This argument may be…

NAME tv_to_latex – Convert XMLTV listings to LaTeX source. SYNOPSIS tv_to_latex [–help] [–with-desc] [–output FILE] [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Read XMLTV data and output LaTeX source for a summary of listings. The programme titles, subtitles, times and channels are shown. –with-desc include programme description in output –output FILE write to FILE rather than standard output SEE ALSO…

NAME tv_split – Split XMLTV listings into separate files by date and channel. SYNOPSIS tv_split –output TEMPLATE [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Read XMLTV listings and split them into some number of output files. The output file chosen for each programme is given by substitutions on the filename template supplied. You can split listings by time and by…

NAME tv_sort – Sort XMLTV listings files by date, and add stop times. SYNOPSIS tv_sort [–help] [–by-channel] [–output FILE] [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Read XMLTV data and write out the same data sorted in date order. Where stop times of programmes are missing, guess them from the start time of the next programme on the same channel….

NAME tv_remove_some_overlapping – Remove some overlapping programmes from XMLTV data. SYNOPSIS tv_remove_some_overlapping [–help] [–output FILE] [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Read one or more XMLTV files and write a file to standard ouput containing the same data, except that some ‘magazine’ programmes which seem to contain two or more other programmes are removed. For example, if ‘Schools TV‘…

NAME tv_merge – Merge (combine) two XMLTV files. SYNOPSIS tv_merge -i FILE -m FILE -o FILE DESCRIPTION Read XMLTV listings from two files and merge them together. Unlike tv_cat (which just joins files) this will update (add/replace/delete) the origin XMLTV file with channels and programmes contained in the second file. It works with multiple channels,…

NAME tv_imdb – Augment XMLTV listings files with imdb.com data. SYNOPSIS tv_imdb –imdbdir <dir> [–help] [–quiet] [–download]  [–prepStage (1-9,all)] tv_imdb –imdbdir <dir> [–help] [–quiet]  [–with-keywords] [–with-plot]  [–movies-only] [–stats] [–debug]  [–output FILE] [FILE…] DESCRIPTION Very similar to tv_cat in semantics (see tv_cat), except whenever a programme appears with “date” entry the title and date are used to look up extra data by…

NAME tv_grep – Filter programmes and channels from an XMLTV listings file. SYNOPSIS "tv_grep [–help] [–output FILE] [–ignore-case|-i] (EXPR | REGEXP) [FILE…]" DESCRIPTION Reads XMLTV listings data and writes out data containing some of the programmes and channels from the original. Which programmes and channels are left in the output is controlled by the regexp…

NAME tv_grab_za – Grab TV listings for South Africa. SYNOPSIS tv_grab_za –help tv_grab_za [–config-file FILE] –configure [–gui OPTION] tv_grab_za [–config-file FILE] [–output FILE] [–days N]          [–quiet] [–retries N] DESCRIPTION Output TV listings for DSTV channels available in South Africa. The data comes from www.dstv.com. The grabber relies on parsing HTML so it might stop…

NAME tv_grab_uk_tvguide – Grab TV listings for UK from the TV Guide UK website. DESCRIPTION Output TV listings in XMLTV format for many channels available in UK. The data come from tvguide.co.uk First you must run tv_grab_uk_tvguide –configure to choose which channels you want to receive. Then running tv_grab_uk_tvguide with no arguments will get a…

NAME tv_grab_uk_rt – Grab TV listings for United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland SYNOPSIS tv_grab_uk_rt –help tv_grab_uk_rt –version tv_grab_uk_rt –capabilities tv_grab_uk_rt –description tv_grab_uk_rt [–config-file FILE]         [–days N] [–offset N]         [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] tv_grab_uk_rt –configure [–config-file FILE] tv_grab_uk_rt –configure-api [–stage NAME]         [–config-file FILE] [–output FILE] tv_grab_uk_rt –list-channels [–config-file FILE]         [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] tv_grab_uk_rt –list-lineups tv_grab_uk_rt –get-lineup [–config-file FILE] DESCRIPTION Output TV listings in XMLTV format for…

NAME tv_grab_uk_guardian – Grab TV listings for UK from The Guardian website. DESCRIPTION Output TV listings in XMLTV format for many channels available in UK. The data come from <http://theguardian.co.uk> First you must run tv_grab_uk_guardian –configure to choose which channels you want to receive. Then running tv_grab_uk_guardian with no arguments will get a listings in…

NAME tv_grab_uk_bleb – Grab TV listings for the United Kingdom, from bleb.org SYNOPSIS tv_grab_uk_bleb –help tv_grab_uk_bleb [–config-file FILE] –configure [–gui OPTION] tv_grab_uk_bleb [–config-file FILE] [–output FILE] [–quiet]           [–days N] [–offset N] DESCRIPTION Output TV and radio listings in XMLTV format for many stations available in Britain. The data comes from the bleb.org web site. USAGE First…

NAME tv_grab_se_tvzon – Grab TV listings for Sweden. SYNOPSIS tv_grab_se_tvzon –help tv_grab_se_tvzon –configure [–config-file FILE] [–gui OPTION] tv_grab_se_tvzon [–config-file FILE]      [–days N] [–offset N]      [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] tv_grab_se_tvzon –list-channels [–config-file FILE]      [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] DESCRIPTION Output TV and listings in XMLTV format for many stations available in Sweden. First you must run tv_grab_se_tvzon –configure to choose which stations you want…

NAME tv_grab_se_swedb – Grab TV listings for Sweden. SYNOPSIS tv_grab_se_swedb –help tv_grab_se_swedb –configure [–config-file FILE] [–gui OPTION] tv_grab_se_swedb [–config-file FILE]            [–days N] [–offset N]            [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] tv_grab_se_swedb –list-channels [–config-file FILE]            [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] DESCRIPTION Output TV and listings in XMLTV format for many stations available in Sweden. First you must run tv_grab_se_swedb –configure to choose which stations you want…

NAME tv_grab_pt_meo – Grab TV listings for MEO from SAPO in Portugal. SYNOPSIS tv_grab_pt_meo –help tv_grab_pt_meo –configure [–config-file FILE] [–root-url URL] tv_grab_pt_meo [–config-file FILE] [–root-url URL]            [–days N] [–offset N] [–channel xmltvid,xmltvid,…]            [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] tv_grab_pt_meo –list-channels [–config-file FILE] [–root-url URL]            [–output FILE] [–quiet] [–debug] DESCRIPTION Output TV and listings in XMLTV format for many stations available in Portugal. This program consumes…

NAME tv_grab_pt – Grab TV listings for Portugal. SYNOPSIS tv_grab_pt –help tv_grab_pt [–config-file FILE] –configure [–gui OPTION] tv_grab_pt [–config-file FILE] [–output FILE] [–days N]      [–offset N] [–fast] [–quiet] [–icons] tv_grab_pt –list-channels DESCRIPTION Output TV listings for several channels available in Portugal. It supports the public network and the private NetCabo network. First run tv_grab_pt –configure to choose, which…