tv_grab_eu_epgdata (1) - Linux Manuals
tv_grab_eu_epgdata: Grab TV listings for parts of Europe.
NAME
tv_grab_eu_epgdata - Grab TV listings for parts of Europe.
SYNOPSIS
tv_grab_eu_epgdata --help tv_grab_eu_epgdata tv_grab_eu_epgdata --versiontv_grab_eu_epgdata --capabilities
tv_grab_eu_epgdata --description
tv_grab_eu_epgdata [--config-file FILE]
tv_grab_eu_epgdata --configure [--config-file FILE]
tv_grab_eu_epgdata --configure-api [--stage NAME]
tv_grab_eu_epgdata --list-channels [--config-file FILE]
tv_grab_eu_epgdata --preferredmethod
First you must run tv_grab_eu_epgdata --configure to choose which stations
you want to receive.
Then running tv_grab_eu_epgdata with no arguments will get a listings for
the stations you chose for five days including today.
This is a commercial grabber.
Go to http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/EU_epgdata to sign up or
send an e-mail to service [at] epgdata.com for further information.
It's also possible to ask for a test account.
--config-file FILE Set the name of the configuration file, the
default is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_eu_epgdata.conf. This is the file written by
--configure and read when grabbing.
--gui OPTION Use this option to enable a graphical interface to be used.
OPTION may be 'Tk', or left blank for the best available choice.
Additional allowed values of OPTION are 'Term' for normal terminal output
(default) and 'TermNoProgressBar' to disable the use of Term::ProgressBar.
--output FILE When grabbing, write output to FILE rather than
standard output.
--days N When grabbing, grab N days rather than 5.
--offset N Start grabbing at today + N days.
--quiet Do not show status messages.
--debug Provide more information on progress to stderr to help in
debugging.
--list-channels Output a list of all channels that data is available
--version Show the version of the grabber.
--help Print a help message and exit.
--preferredmethod Shows the preferred method for downloading data
The environment variable HOME can be set to change where configuration
files are stored. All configuration is stored in $HOME/.xmltv/. On Windows,
it might be necessary to set HOME to a path without spaces in it.
Once I am aware that new channels are available, the channel_ids file will be updated and
this grabber will automatically fetch an updated copy.
Timezones are not handled correctly. Currently, you have to enter your
time zone manually during the configure step. You have to do this every
time your time zone changes, eg for daylight saving time
(``Sommerzeit'' and ``Normalzeit'' for my fellow Germans).
I'll try to have this fixed for the next XMLTV release.
Please see this thread for further discussion and some additional issues:
If the data source gives us data for one day, they'll also cover a part of the following day.
Maybe this should be fixed. Please note: data is not overlapping! So if we want to get data for
today, we might as well grab yesterday because that'll give us EPG till ~5am for today.
I'm sure this list is not complete. Let me know if you encounter additional problems.
DESCRIPTION
Output TV and listings in XMLTV format for many stations
available in Europe.
OPTIONS
--configure Prompt for which stations to download and write the
configuration file.
SUPPORTED CHANNELS
For a list of supported channels, see the channel_ids file distributed with this grabber.
If additional channels are available, you will receive a warning when you run --configure.
COMPATIBILITY
The channel ids used in this grabber aim to be mostly possible with other grabbers, eg
tv_grab_de_prisma and some other grabbers for other countries.
NOTE: Retaining compatibility was not always possible or practicable.
You can get a list of channel ids using --list-channels
AUTHOR
Michael Haas, laga -at- laga -dot- ath -dot - cx. This documentation is copied
from tv_grab_se_swedb by Mattias Holmlund, which in turn was copied from tv_grab_uk by Ed Avis.
Parts of the code are copied from tv_grab_se_swedb and tv_grab_na_dd (in XMLTV 0.5.45) as well
as various other sources.
BUGS
There's no proper support for channels with locally different schedules. For example,
if your EPG package is a German one, you'll get the EPG schedule for Germany
even if you preferred the Swiss schedule which is also available in the data (for some channels at least).