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TV_GRAB_IT(1p) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | TV_GRAB_IT(1p) |
NAME¶
tv_grab_it - Grab TV listings for Italy.SYNOPSIS¶
tv_grab_it --help tv_grab_it [--config-file FILE] --configure tv_grab_it [--config-file FILE] [--output FILE][--days N] [--offset N] [--quiet]
[--slow] [--verbose] [--errors-in-xml]
[--backend SITE1[,SITE2[,SITE3]]] [--cache-slow]
DESCRIPTION¶
Output TV listings for several channels available in Italy. The grabber relies on parsing HTML so it might stop working at any time. The data comes from different backends. This is to minimize blackouts in case of site changes but also to extend the number of channels. If the grabber can't find the data with the first backend it will try the second one, and so on. You can specify your order of preference using the --backend option. Currently configured backends are (in default order):- skylife - grabs data from www.skylife.it
- mtvit - grabs data from www.mtv.it
- boingtv - grabs data from www.boingtv.it
- sitcom1 - grabs data from www.sitcom1.it
- raisat - grabs data from www.risat.it
- raiit - grabs data from www.rai.it
- iris - grabs data from www.iris.it
- mediasetpremium - grabs data from www.mediasetpremium.it
CAVEATS¶
If you use --quiet you should also use --errors-in-xml or you won't be warned about errors. Note also that, as opposed to previous versions, this grabber doesn't die if it cannot find any data, but returns an empty (or optionally containing just warnings) xml file instead. The backends' data quality differs a lot. For example, mytv was very basic, yet complete and uses the least amount of bandwith. Skytv has a lot of channels, but unless you use it with the --slow option the data is not very good (and in this case i would be VERY slow). wfactory is a good overall site if you don't need the whole sky package.EXAMPLES¶
- tv_grab_it --backend mtvit --configure
- configures tv_grab_it using only the backend mtvit
- tv_grab_it --backend skylife,wfactory --days 1
- grabs one day of data overiding the default order (could also be --backend skylife --backend wfactory)
- tv_grab_it --cache --slow --days 3
- grabs the full data for the next three days using the default backend order and using a disk cache.
RECOMMENDED USAGE¶
- tv_grab_it --cache --slow --cache-slow --errors-in-xml
SEE ALSO¶
xmltv.AUTHOR¶
Davide Chiarini, davide.chiarini@gmail.com you can find some more help at http://www.htpcpoint.it/forum/2012-06-30 | perl v5.14.2 |