stationlist.xml

Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: October 2004
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NAME

stationlist.xml - tvtime station configuration file

SYNOPSIS

~/.tvtime/stationlist.xml

DESCRIPTION

The stationlist.xml file contains the configuration of channel information for capture cards with tuners. It contains a list of active channels along with their frequencies, renumbering information, and channel name. The stationlist.xml file is updated by tvtime at runtime to store settings across sessions. For this reason, you should not edit this file while tvtime is running, as your changes may be overwritten.

This file is created or updated whenever channel information is changed in tvtime. This is done when renumbering a channel, using the channel scanner, or manually activating or deactivating a specific channel from the list.

Channel settings are saved specific to norm and frequency table.

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <!DOCTYPE stationlist PUBLIC "-//tvtime//DTD stationlist 1.0//EN"
      "http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/DTD/stationlist.dtd">
    <stationlist xmlns="http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/DTD/">
      <list norm="NTSC" frequencies="US-Cable">
        <station ... />
        ... station list
      </list>
    </stationlist>

That is, each norm/frequency combination will get its own section in the configuration file. The frequencies name is not special, you can have frequencies="foobar" and running
tvtime -f foobar
will do the right thing. The norm, however, must match the norm being used.

Entries in a list are in the following form:

STATIONS

Each station has its own properties that should be set.

name

The human-readable name of the current station.

active

When set to 1, the channel is active. To deactivate the channel, set this value to 0.

position

This setting specifies the position the channel occupies on the dial. This allows users to arbitrarily map any particular channel to a particular position on the dial.

band

channel

The possible bands and channels available in tvtime are:

Band name	Channels provided
US Cable	1-99
US Cable 100	100-125
US Two-Way	T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12 T13, T14
US Broadcast	2-83
China Broadcast	1-68, A1-A7, B1-B31, C1-C5
Japan Broadcast	1-62
Japan Cable	13-63
VHF E2-E12	E1-E12
VHF S1-S41	S1-S41
VHF Misc	X, Y, Z, Z+1, Z+2
VHF France	K01-K10, KB-KQ, H01-H19
VHF Russia	R1-R12, SR1-SR19
VHF Australia	AS1-AS12, AS5A, AS9A
VHF Italy	A-H, H1, H2
VHF Ireland	I1-I9
VHF South Africa	1-13
UHF	U21-U69
UHF Australia	AU28-AU69
Australia Optus	01-058

Custom channels can be included manually by specifying the frequency in megahertz:

norm

A per-channel norm can be specified in the stationlist. This is for stations which receive both PAL and SECAM stations, such that they can choose the colour encoding format per-channel. The only valid values here are either PAL or SECAM.

network

Sets the name of the network for the OSD display. In NTSC regions, this is set from the XDS information in the VBI if VBI decoding is enabled.

call

Sets the call letters of the network for the OSD display. In NTSC regions, this is set from the XDS information in the VBI if VBI decoding is enabled.

xmltvid

Sets the XMLTV channel identifier to associate this channel with if tvtime cannot automatically make the association. For following channel definition in an XMLTV file:

  <channel id="I10119.labs.zap2it.com">
    <display-name>CICA</display-name>
    <display-name>TV Ontario (CICA)</display-name>
    <display-name>Canadian Independent</display-name>
  </channel>

An associated stationlist entry would be:

AUTHORS

Achim Schneider, Billy Biggs.