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From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-10-23 16:57:29
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First let me confirm that I know there was not a Windows EXE release for 0.5.35. That version never worked on windows so an EXE was not generated. The pre-release version to http://alpha-exe.xmltv.org includes a working tv_grab_uk_rt. Hopefully 0.5.36 will be out soon. In the U.S. we're coming up on the switch from Daylight Savings Time to Standard Time. We know most XMLTV utilities don't deal with this as well as it should. There was hope this would be addressed by this time change, but we didn't make it. The best way to deal with DST issues is to process everything in UTC and then convert to a local time zone on display. The upcoming XMLTV schema (no time frame) will *REQUIRE* UTC in the XMLTV file. Application authors should prepare for it, both to improve DST operations and to prepare for the next schema. Converting to UTC is a challenge for those grabbers that use web scrapers. Most web sites convert everything to local time for display without mentioning the time zone. Some of the source web sites don't to great job of dealing with DST either. The US/CA grabber, tv_grab_na_dd receives data in UTC. The default output mode is also UTC. There is an optional "Time offset" parameter that can be used to adjust for local timezone and UTC changes. Note the therm "time-offset", not "time-zone". A time-offset is a dumb offset and must be adjusted for timezone and/or DST. If you have an application that requires a local time zone, you can make pre and post DST _dd runs (specify --days, --offset and use a different config file) and then combine them with tv_cat. Unfortunately, one of those applications that doesn't handle UTC is my own tv_check. I am still planning a rewrite, but haven't gotten to it yet, sorry. Robert |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-09-27 21:29:15
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xmltv-0.5.35 is out. This release has a rewritten tv_grab_uk_rt fetching machine-readable listings data from the RT site; if you want to get UK listings please upgrade. It also includes a new grabber for Britain, tv_grab_uk_bleb, fetching listings from bleb.org. There are also many fixes to grabbers for other countries. Unfortunately the grabber for Portugal remains broken and is disabled in this release. Get the Perl source code from Sourceforge: <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: La C. <lac...@ya...> - 2004-09-07 22:07:54
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Hi all, For all french guys, or guys who want french TV programs, I released an xmltv grabber for french for all platforms (it is written in Tcl/Tk) in pur script version. Details: http://www.lahiette.com/biboobox/?XMLTV/Grabber+TCL%2FTK or http://membres.lycos.fr/lachignolle/ Regards La Chignolle |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-08-22 07:38:36
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Pytvgrab is a collection of TV listings grabbers producing xmltv format output. The grabbers are written in Python. The current 0.3.2 release includes lib: the grabber library be_tvb: Belgian/Dutch grabber be_tlm: Belgian/French grabber br_uol: Brazilian grabber nz_xtra: New Zealand grabber nz_nzoom: New Zealand (secondary) grabber. Please see <http://pytvgrab.sourceforge.net/> for more information. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-07-14 01:36:54
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In case you don't follow the Data Direct forums, the Data Direct servers are getting hit very hard during the overnight hours and they would like the load randomized through the day. Of course, most of us (myself included) grab at night to make things easier for them! Guess that only works for scrapers where the interactive users are the primary clientele. Here's a suggestion on how to pick a random poll time. Hour: Day of Birth within month (subtract 24 if over 24) Min: Minute right now! Balancing the load on their servers not only helps Zap2it provide the service, it can provide faster throughput for us too. Robert tv_grab_na_dd author/maintainer. |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-06-10 04:13:51
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In case you don't follow the Data Direct forums, the Data Direct servers are getting hit very hard during the overnight hours and they would like the load randomized through the day. Of course, most of us (myself included) are grabbing at night to make things easier for them! Guess that only works for scrapers where the interactive users are the primary clientele. Here's a suggestion on how to pick a random poll time. Hour: Day of Birth within month (subtract 24 if over 24) Min: Minute right now! Balancing the load on their servers not only helps Zap2it provide the service, it can provide faster throughput for us too. Robert tv_grab_na_dd author/maintainer. |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-06-10 04:09:57
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In case you don't follow the Data Direct forums, the Data Direct servers are getting hit very hard during the overnight hours and they would like the load randomized through the day. Of course, most of us (myself included) are grabbing at night to make things easier for them! Guess that only works for scrapers where the interactive users are the primary clientele. Here's a suggestion on how to pick a random poll time. Hour: Day of Birth within month (subtract 24 if over 24) Min: Minute right now! Balancing the load on their servers not only helps Zap2it provide the service, it can provide faster throughput for us too. Robert tv_grab_na_dd author/maintainer. |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-05-23 23:38:15
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The 0.5.34 Win32 release has been submitted to SourceForge. In addition to all the source release 0.5.32 changes, the Windows EXE now includes support for tv_grab_se. Robert --- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> wrote: > A new xmltv release is out. It adds a new grabber tv_grab_huro for > Hungary and Romania, replacing the old tv_grab_hu. There have been > some fixes to tv_grab_na_dd, tv_grab_fi and other > grabbers. tv_grab_uk_rt has a new --get-categories option. There > are > bug fixes to tv_imdb. > > Get the source code from > <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. > > -- > Ed Avis <ed...@me...> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle > 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > _______________________________________________ > xmltv-announce mailing list > xml...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmltv-announce |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-05-23 19:37:55
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A new xmltv release is out. It adds a new grabber tv_grab_huro for Hungary and Romania, replacing the old tv_grab_hu. There have been some fixes to tv_grab_na_dd, tv_grab_fi and other grabbers. tv_grab_uk_rt has a new --get-categories option. There are bug fixes to tv_imdb. Get the source code from <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-05-09 17:36:07
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A new xmltv_prereq release has been uploaded to Sourceforge. This should contain all the perl modules (additional to those included with perl-5.8.3) required to build and run xmltv. However, it does not include C libraries such as expat. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-05-08 14:55:41
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I just added the 0.5.33 windows binary release to sourceforge. This is another reminder to anyone using the tv_grab_na grabber that Zap2IT has informed us that site changes are scheduled for mid-may and those changes *WILL* break tv_grab_na. This is even more important to those who redistribute XMLTV with their applications. Your code *WILL BREAK*!! tv_grab_na has been retired and will not be changed to handle the zap2it changes. tv_grab_na_dd is in it's second release (third if you count the preview). It was developed with the *COOPERATION* of Zap2it to allow XMLTV users (and others) access to raw listing data. Not only do we get a faster feed with more information, the load on Zap2IT's servers are reduced. It's a win-win for everyone and Tribune Media should be commended! The tv_grab_na_dd data is free, but requires a short survey to be filled out every three months. It's not a big deal at all. Details are in the tv_grab_na_dd documentation. Robert |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-05-08 12:45:57
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xmltv-0.5.33 is out. It has many grabber fixes, too many to list here, but note in particular that tv_grab_na has gone and tv_grab_fr is back after being accidentally left out of 0.5.32. The source can be downloaded from the usual place: <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. A Windows binary release should follow. I've also uploaded the source to CPAN as $CPAN/authors/id/E/ED/EDAVIS/xmltv-0.5.33.tar.gz if you want to try getting it (and dependencies) using the CPAN shell or a similar tool. To use the new icons grabber tv_grab_na_icons you will need to install WWW::Mechanize. I will upload a new xmltv_prereq tarball later. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-04-14 07:49:54
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xmltv 0.5.32 is out. This has many grabber fixes, in particular to tv_grab_na_dd the new grabber for North America. If you are still using the old tv_grab_na please migrate to the new grabber now. There are new grabbers for Norway and Portugal. The XMLTV file format has been extended slightly: the episode-num element can now appear zero or more times. If you write programs that read XMLTV files please make sure they can cope with this. If you use tv_grab_nz, it is still in this release, but will be removed in a later release because it is now part of the pytvgrab project. The file releases should be at <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>, but if Sourceforge is down I have mirrored the source tarball as <http://membled.com/work/apps/xmltv/xmltv-0.5.32.tar.bz2>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-03-21 23:31:40
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xmltv-0.5.31 is out. It fixes problems with summer time changeover in many grabbers and adds a new grabber tv_grab_na_dd, which will soon replace the current tv_grab_na for US and Canadian listings. The new grabber requires the module SOAP::Lite, so I have also made a release of the xmltv_prereq package. I also took the opportunity to include the latest versions of Tk and Tk::TableMatrix, which should fix the build problems some people have had with these modules. Get the files at the usual place, <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-03-07 06:17:34
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I just uploaded the 0.5.30 win32 release to Sourceforge. Robert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-03-06 14:51:27
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xmltv-0.5.30 is out, with four new grabbers: - tv_grab_jp for Japan by Takeru Komoriya, - tv_grab_de_tvtoday for Germany by Stefan Siegl, - tv_grab_se for Sweden by Mattias Holmlund, - tv_grab_fr for France by Sylvain Fabre. It also adds a patch from Dan Sheridan to get radio channels in tv_grab_uk_rt and has some bug fixes. A new version of XML::Writer, 0.4.6, is required. This version can be found in the normal place on CPAN. Some of the new grabbers have their own module requirements. I have uploaded a new xmltv_prereq package to Sourceforge. Get the source code at <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-02-22 18:01:28
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The original Windows binary release of xmltv-0.5.29 was missing files needed by some of the grabbers. I have uploaded a new build, xmltv-0.5.29-win32-2.zip. Find it at <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. If you're not using the Windows exe, or it is working okay for you, there is no need to upgrade. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-02-15 21:36:34
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The win32 version of 0.5.29 has been released and is available at http://files.xmltv.org Robert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-02-14 23:03:13
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xmltv-0.5.29 has been released. It has improvements to tv_grab_uk to make fewer page fetches, grab more programme details, and has fixes to a few bugs in that grabber. Thanks to Niel Markwick and Charles Brej for these changes. If you currently use the --slow flag with tv_grab_uk_rt please investigate the --limit-details option in the new version. A new grabber tv_grab_es_digital complements the existing tv_grab_es by downloading listings for Spanish Digital+ channels. tv_grab_nl_wolf is fixed to skip over blank files at the data source, rather than dying. Get the source code from <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-02-02 07:00:57
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FYI, Windows EXE version of 0.5.28 is now out. http://files.xmltv.org Robert --- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> wrote: > A new release of xmltv is out. Sadly tv_grab_uk is no more but the > alternative grabber for British listings, tv_grab_uk_rt, has been > improved to grab more channels and details (thanks to Neil Markwick > and Edward Wildgoose among others) - also fixed since it it too broke > temporarily. There are also various bug fixes to the xmltv libraries > and build system. > > Get the release from > <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. > > -- > Ed Avis <ed...@me...> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > xmltv-announce mailing list > xml...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmltv-announce __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-02-01 22:05:04
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A new release of xmltv is out. Sadly tv_grab_uk is no more but the alternative grabber for British listings, tv_grab_uk_rt, has been improved to grab more channels and details (thanks to Neil Markwick and Edward Wildgoose among others) - also fixed since it it too broke temporarily. There are also various bug fixes to the xmltv libraries and build system. Get the release from <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Robert E. <rm...@ya...> - 2004-01-06 15:39:15
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A Windows EXE kit for 0.5.27 has been released. http://files.xmltv.org Robert __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-01-04 13:27:51
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xmltv-0.5.27 fixes some build problems that 0.5.26 had. <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046> -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2004-01-03 23:32:17
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xmltv-0.5.26 is out. This release has many small bug fixes and code cleanups, both to grabbers and filter programs. Two of the dependencies now require a later version: XML::Writer and (optionally) Lingua::Preferred; a new version of the xmltv_prereq tarball has been released. There are too many changes to list here, but if you build xmltv from source it's probably worth upgrading. The Windows binary distribution and packaged versions for other platforms will follow at some point. Get the release (both xmltv and xmltv_prereq) at <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |
From: Ed A. <ed...@me...> - 2003-12-31 20:04:23
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The Windows binary distribution of xmltv-0.5.25 (built by Robert Eden) is now available for download from <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=39046>. -- Ed Avis <ed...@me...> |