2008-02-10, 06:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 2008-05-30, 07:14 PM by Sheik Yerbouti.)
NLGrabXMLTV is a free command line program that downloads TV listings for the Netherlands and saves the data in the xmltv format, after correcting errors and removing information that has no function in GBPVR. The original source of the TV listings is http://www.tvgids.nl, but the data is downloaded from http://xmltv.assies.info/. This had two advantages:
- The download only takes a few seconds in stead of hours;
- It reduces the downloads from http://www.tvgids.nl (I think thereâs no advantage in grabbing the data yourself using tvxb or xmltv).
With NLgrabXMLTV you can:
- Select the channels youâd like to use;
- Rename the channels;
- Change the order of the channels by assigning a channel number.
To configure NLGrabXMLTV you have to change config.xml to your needs (use Notepad). The config.xml that comes with the download contains all the available channels from http://www.tvgids.nl. Remove the channels you donât need and change the order to how youâd like to see your channels in GBPVR. Next change node <outputfile> to the location where youâd like save the xmltv file.
After configuring, just run NLgrabXMLTV.exe to download your TV listings. Of course youâll need to setup GBPVR to use the specific file.
If you encounter problems, first check your logs in the NLGrabXMLTV Logs directory. If you canât fix it or you want to make a suggestion to improve NLgrabXMLTV, send an e-mail to the address you can find in the support.txt file, or start a thread on the GBPVR forum.
I'd like to thank Htv for testing this program and Gertjan for making these downloads possible. Htv and myself have both been using it for some time now and it seems to work quite well.
Sheik Yerbouti
- The download only takes a few seconds in stead of hours;
- It reduces the downloads from http://www.tvgids.nl (I think thereâs no advantage in grabbing the data yourself using tvxb or xmltv).
With NLgrabXMLTV you can:
- Select the channels youâd like to use;
- Rename the channels;
- Change the order of the channels by assigning a channel number.
To configure NLGrabXMLTV you have to change config.xml to your needs (use Notepad). The config.xml that comes with the download contains all the available channels from http://www.tvgids.nl. Remove the channels you donât need and change the order to how youâd like to see your channels in GBPVR. Next change node <outputfile> to the location where youâd like save the xmltv file.
After configuring, just run NLgrabXMLTV.exe to download your TV listings. Of course youâll need to setup GBPVR to use the specific file.
If you encounter problems, first check your logs in the NLGrabXMLTV Logs directory. If you canât fix it or you want to make a suggestion to improve NLgrabXMLTV, send an e-mail to the address you can find in the support.txt file, or start a thread on the GBPVR forum.
I'd like to thank Htv for testing this program and Gertjan for making these downloads possible. Htv and myself have both been using it for some time now and it seems to work quite well.
Sheik Yerbouti
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