tv_grab_dtv_la (1)

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NAME

tv_grab_dtv_la - Grab TV listings for Direct TV Latin America

SYNOPSIS

tv_grab_dtv_la --help

tv_grab_dtv_la [--config-file

] --configure [--gui ]

tv_grab_dtv_la [--config-file

] [--output ] [--days N]
               [--offset N] [--min-delay N] [--max-delay N] [--quiet]

tv_grab_dtv_la --list-channels --loc [ar | cb | cl | co | ec | pe | pr | uy | ve]

tv_grab_dtv_la --capabilities

tv_grab_dtv_la --version

DESCRIPTION

Output listings for Direct channels available in Latin America. Listings for the following countries are currently available: Argentina, Caribbean ('cb'), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela.

The

listings come from directstage.directvla.com The grabber relies on parsing so it might stop working at any time.

First run tv_grab_dtv_la --configure to choose, first of all your country and then which channels you want to download. Then running tv_grab_dtv_la with no arguments will output listings in

format to standard output.

The grabber doesn't generate stop times, so you may want to run tv_sort on the output to generate them.

--configure Prompt for which channels, and write the configuration file.

--config-file

Set the name of the configuration file, the default is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_dtv_la.conf. This is the file written by --configure and read when grabbing.

--gui

Use this option to enable a graphical interface to be used. may be 'Tk', or left blank for the best available choice. Additional allowed values of are 'Term' for normal terminal output (default) and 'TermNoProgressBar' to disable the use of XMLTV::ProgressBar.

--output

Write to rather than standard output.

--days N Grab N days. The default is 3.

--offset N Start N days in the future. The default is to start from today.

--min-delay N You must insert a delay between page requests to avoid unnecessary load on the website. If you try to grab pages too quickly then it's likely you will get banned by the website providers (and may get all other xmltv users banned as well!). Suggested value: 1 (seconds)

--max-delay N Maximum delay between web page fetches. Suggested value: 3 (seconds)

--quiet Suppress the progress messages normally written to standard error.

--capabilities Show which capabilities the grabber supports. For more information, see <wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvCapabilities>

--version Show the version of the grabber.

--help Print a help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

xmltv(5), tv_grab_ar.

AUTHOR

Most of the grabber was made by Lic. Christian A. Rodriguez <car@cespi.unlp.edu.ar>, with a lot of help from others, specially Joaquin Salvarredy <jsalvarredy@cespi.unlp.edu.ar> who tested the grabber from its early versions and Lic. Nicolas Macia <nmacia@cespi.unlp.edu.ar>

BUGS

This grabber extracts all information from Direct Latin America website. Any change in this web page may cause this grabber to stop working.