1stationlist.xml(5) File Formats Manual stationlist.xml(5)
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6 stationlist.xml - tvtime station configuration file
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10 ~/.tvtime/stationlist.xml
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14 The stationlist.xml file contains the configuration of channel informa‐
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16 nels along with their frequencies, renumbering information, and channel
17 name. The stationlist.xml file is updated by tvtime at runtime to
18 store settings across sessions. For this reason, you should not edit
19 this file while tvtime is running, as your changes may be overwritten.
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21 This file is created or updated whenever channel information is changed
22 in tvtime. This is done when renumbering a channel, using the channel
23 scanner, or manually activating or deactivating a specific channel from
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26 Channel settings are saved specific to norm and frequency table.
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28 <?xml version="1.0"?>
29 <!DOCTYPE stationlist PUBLIC "-//tvtime//DTD stationlist 1.0//EN"
30 "http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/DTD/stationlist.dtd">
31 <stationlist xmlns="http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/DTD/">
32 <list norm="NTSC" frequencies="US-Cable">
33 <station ... />
34 ... station list
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38 That is, each norm/frequency combination will get its own section in
39 the configuration file. The frequencies name is not special, you can
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45 Entries in a list are in the following form:
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47 <station name="CNN" active="1" position="18"
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49 <station name="DSF" active="1" position="12"
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58 name The human-readable name of the current station.
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61 active When set to 1, the channel is active. To deactivate the chan‐
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74 The possible bands and channels available in tvtime are:
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78 US Cable 1–99
79 US Cable 100 100–125
80 US Two-Way T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12 T13, T14
81 US Broadcast 2–83
82 China Broadcast 1–68, A1–A7, B1–B31, C1–C5
83 Japan Broadcast 1–62
84 Japan Cable 13–63
85 VHF E2-E12 E1–E12
86 VHF S1-S41 S1–S41
87 VHF Misc X, Y, Z, Z+1, Z+2
88 VHF France K01–K10, KB–KQ, H01–H19
89 VHF Russia R1–R12, SR1–SR19
90 VHF Australia AS1–AS12, AS5A, AS9A
91 VHF Italy A–H, H1, H2
92 VHF Ireland I1–I9
93 VHF South Africa 1–13
94 UHF U21–U69
95 UHF Australia AU28–AU69
96 Australia Optus 01–058
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101 <station name="2" active="1" position="0"
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105 norm A per-channel norm can be specified in the stationlist. This is
106 for stations which receive both PAL and SECAM stations, such
107 that they can choose the colour encoding format per-channel.
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118 NTSC regions, this is set from the XDS information in the VBI if
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123 Sets the XMLTV channel identifier to associate this channel with
124 if tvtime cannot automatically make the association. For fol‐
125 lowing channel definition in an XMLTV file:
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127 <channel id="I10119.labs.zap2it.com">
128 <display-name>CICA</display-name>
129 <display-name>TV Ontario (CICA)</display-name>
130 <display-name>Canadian Independent</display-name>
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135 <station name="2" active="1" position="0"
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141 Achim Schneider, Billy Biggs.
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145 tvtime(1), tvtime-command(1), tvtime-scanner(1), tvtime.xml(5).
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