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tv_grab_it - Grab TV listings for Italy.
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tv_grab_it [--config-file FILE] --configure
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tv_grab_it [--config-file FILE] [--output FILE] [--days N] [--offset N]
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[--quiet] [--slow] [--verbose] [--errors-in-xml] [--backend
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SITE1[,SITE2[,SITE3]]]
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Output TV listings for several channels available in Italy. The grabber
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relies on parsing HTML so it might stop working at any time. The data
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comes from different backends. This is to minimize blackouts in case of
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site changes but also to extend the number of channels. If the grabber
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can't find the data with the first backend it will try the second one,
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and so on. You can specify your order of preference using the --backend
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Currently configured backends are (in default order):
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wfactory - grabs data from www.wfactory.net
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skytv - grabs data from www.skytv.it
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First run tv_grab_it --configure to choose which channels you want to
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download. Then running tv_grab_it with no arguments will output listings
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in XML format to standard output.
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--configure Prompt for which channels, and writes the configuration
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--config-file FILE Set the name of the configuration file, the default
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is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_it.conf. This is the file written by --configure and
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--gui OPTION Use this option to enable a graphical interface to be used.
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OPTION may be 'Tk', or left blank for the best available choice.
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Additional allowed values of OPTION are 'Term' for normal terminal
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output (default) and 'TermNoProgressBar' to disable the use of
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--output FILE write to FILE rather than standard output.
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--days N Grab N days. The default is 7.
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--offset N Start N days in the future. The default is to start from
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--quiet Suppress the progress messages normally written to standard
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--slow Downloads more details (descriptions, actors...). This means
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downloading a new file for each programme, so it's off by default to
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--verbose Prints out verbose information useful for debugging.
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--errors-in-xml Outputs warnings as programmes in the xml file, so that
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you can see errors in your favorite frontend in addition to the default
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--backend Set the backend (or backends) to use. See the examples.
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--version Show the version of the grabber.
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--help Print a help message and exit.
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If you use --quiet you should also use --errors-in-xml or you won't be
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warned about errors. Note also that, as opposed to previous versions,
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this grabber doesn't die if it cannot find any data, but returns an
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empty (or optionally containing just warnings) xml file instead.
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The mytv backend is currently disabled (site does not provide data
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The backends' data quality differs a lot. For example, mytv was very
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basic, yet complete and uses the least amount of bandwith. Skytv has a
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lot of channels, but unless you use it with the --slow option the data
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is not very good (and in this case i would be VERY slow). wfactory is a
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good overall site if you don't need the whole sky package.
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tv_grab_it --backend mytv --configure
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configures tv_grab_it using only the backend mytv
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tv_grab_it --backend skytv,wfactory --days 1
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grabs one day of data overiding the default order (could also be
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--backend skytv --backend wfactory)
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tv_grab_it --cache --slow --days 3
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grabs the full data for the next three days using the default
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backend order and using a disk cache.
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Davide Chiarini, davide.chiarini@gmail.com
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tv_grab_it - Grab TV listings for Italy.
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tv_grab_it [--config-file FILE] --configure
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tv_grab_it [--config-file FILE] [--output FILE] [--days N] [--offset N]
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[--quiet] [--slow] [--verbose] [--errors-in-xml] [--backend
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SITE1[,SITE2[,SITE3]]] [--cache-slow]
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Output TV listings for several channels available in Italy. The grabber
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relies on parsing HTML so it might stop working at any time. The data
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comes from different backends. This is to minimize blackouts in case of
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site changes but also to extend the number of channels. If the grabber
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can't find the data with the first backend it will try the second one,
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and so on. You can specify your order of preference using the --backend
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Currently configured backends are (in default order):
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skylife - grabs data from www.skylife.it
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wfactory - grabs data from www.wfactory.net
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skytv - grabs data from www.skytv.it
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boingtv - grabs data from www.boingtv.it
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sitcom1 - grabs data from www.sitcom1.it
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First run tv_grab_it --configure to choose which channels you want to
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download. Then running tv_grab_it with no arguments will output listings
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in XML format to standard output.
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--configure Prompt for which channels, and writes the configuration
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--config-file FILE Set the name of the configuration file, the default
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is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_it.conf. This is the file written by --configure and
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--gui OPTION Use this option to enable a graphical interface to be used.
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OPTION may be 'Tk', or left blank for the best available choice.
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Additional allowed values of OPTION are 'Term' for normal terminal
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output (default) and 'TermNoProgressBar' to disable the use of
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--output FILE write to FILE rather than standard output.
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--days N Grab N days. The default is 7.
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--offset N Start N days in the future. The default is to start from
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--quiet Suppress the progress messages normally written to standard
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--slow Downloads more details (descriptions, actors...). This means
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downloading a new file for each programme, so it's off by default to
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--cache-slow If you use the --cache option to speed up thing when you
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grab data several times a week, using this option you will cache only
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the --slow data, so you shouldn't miss changes in schedules.
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--verbose Prints out verbose information useful for debugging.
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--errors-in-xml Outputs warnings as programmes in the xml file, so that
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you can see errors in your favorite frontend in addition to the default
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--backend Set the backend (or backends) to use. See the examples.
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--version Show the version of the grabber.
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--help Print a help message and exit.
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If you use --quiet you should also use --errors-in-xml or you won't be
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warned about errors. Note also that, as opposed to previous versions,
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this grabber doesn't die if it cannot find any data, but returns an
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empty (or optionally containing just warnings) xml file instead.
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The mytv backend is currently disabled (site does not provide data
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The backends' data quality differs a lot. For example, mytv was very
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basic, yet complete and uses the least amount of bandwith. Skytv has a
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lot of channels, but unless you use it with the --slow option the data
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is not very good (and in this case i would be VERY slow). wfactory is a
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good overall site if you don't need the whole sky package.
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tv_grab_it --backend mytv --configure
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configures tv_grab_it using only the backend mytv
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tv_grab_it --backend skytv,wfactory --days 1
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grabs one day of data overiding the default order (could also be
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--backend skytv --backend wfactory)
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tv_grab_it --cache --slow --days 3
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grabs the full data for the next three days using the default
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backend order and using a disk cache.
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tv_grab_it --cache --slow --cache-slow --errors-in-xml
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Davide Chiarini, davide.chiarini@gmail.com
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