V3Config

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The program is configured via the settings menu:

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Basic Configuration

The settings screen is divided into three main sections:-

Global Settings

This section is for configuring settings which effect the whole program. It is divided into three sections:-

XML

This section controls the XML output.

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The settings have the following meanings:

Timezone

The timezone that is used for times in the XML, numerical timezones are fixed and always output the same timezone. Named timezones like GMT/BST output timezones taking into account daylight savings time

Character Set

This controls the character set used in the xml, UTF-8 and ISO-8859-1 are the most compatible, if the program you are importing the listings into does not accept the xml then try changing this setting

Save Listings To

This setting controls which file the xml is saved to, click browse to choose a file or type in a file name directly

Sort Programs

If this option is checked then the programs will be sorted before writing to the xml file. To control how the programs are sorted use the controls in the Sort Options box. Use the ^ and v buttons to change the order of the items

Logging

This section controls how logging is handled in the program.

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The settings have the following meanings:

Save Log

If this option is selected then the log will be saved to the file specified in the Save Log To setting

Save Log To

Use this option to select where to save the log file to, click browse to choose a file or type in a file name directly

EMail Log

Enable this option to email the log to you when the grab process completes.

Attach XML

Enable this option to attach the XML file to the email that is sent

SMTP Server

Set this option to the address of the SMTP server to use to send the email, if you are unsure what server to use look at the settings in your email client software

EMail Address

This setting controls which email address the email is sent to

Connection Options

This section controls the internet connection used to download listings. Most users should not need to change anything on this page.

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The settings have the following meanings:

Max. Retries

The maximum number of times the program will attempt to download a file before giving up

Delay Between Retries

The time the program will wait between consecutive retries in milliseconds

Connect Timeout

The connection timeout in milliseconds, this should not be set to less than 2000, dial-up users may need to increase this setting to around 10000. Zap2it users should set this to 0.

Read Timeout

The read timeout in milliseconds, this should not be set to less than 2000, dial-up users may need to increase this setting to around 10000. Zap2it users should set this to 0.

Proxy Settings

These settings control the proxy parameters, if you don't access the internet through a proxy server these settings should be left blank

Grabbers

This section is for selecting and configuring listings grabbers, see Grabbers for more details

Postprocessors

This section is for selecting and configuring listings processors, see Post_Processors for more details

Advanced Configuration

To allow multiple configurations under a single installation of the program the /c command line parameter is provided. To use it do the following:

  1. Make a copy of the settings directory and rename it to a name of your choice (no spaces allowed) e.g. something like alt_setttings
  2. Run the program with the parameter /c followed by the name of the directory you just created e.g. XmltvGUI /calt_setttings
  3. Running the program normally will now use a seperate set of settings to when the program is run using the above command line