BSD Windows Linux. XMLTV is a set of programs to process TV (tvguide) listings and help manage your TV viewing, storing listings in an XML-based format. There are utilities to download TV listings for many countries, filter programs and Perl libraries to process listings.
Is there a GUI for grabbing XMLTV TV listings?
GUI for grabbing XMLTV tv listings. Provides a GUI for configuration and grabbing listings. Radio Times supplies tv listings for over 240 UK tv channels. See here for a program to view your downloaded listings. An excellent new viewer for Radio Times XMLTV data has been developed.
Where can I find information about the xmltvproject?
Information is available on HowtoUseGrabbers, HowtoWriteAGrabber, HowtoSubmitAGrabber, and HowToMakeARelease . The XMLTVProject is a quintessential Open Source project. Most developers had an “itch to scratch”, wrote some code satisfy the itch, and released it to others via this project.
How do XMLTV filters work?
They work with TV listings stored in the XMLTVFormat, which is based on XML. The idea is to separate out the back-end (getting the listings) from the front-end (displaying them for the user), and to implement useful operations like picking out your favorite programmes as filters that read and write XML documents.
What is open source XBMC?
Kodi (previously known as XBMC) is a free, open source, and multiplatform media center, which lets you play all of your multimedia content.
How much data do I need to build an XMLTV?
I suggest you build your XMLTV file with only a few channels, and no more then a weeks data (follow the guidelines listed in the grabbers you have chosen).
Why is my XMLTV taking so long to load?
If you build a XMLTV file over 2mb the plugin will take longer to load (smaller file = quicker load times; so chose wisely when building your xmltv file, you don’t need info for channels you don’t have nor do you need to list more then a week at a time!) Please visit XMLTV for more info… Lunatixz – Kodi / Beta repository
