WebGrab++.config.xml

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/home/jan/WebGrab+Plus/guide.xml              

C:\Users\Jan\Documents\WebGrab+Plus\guide.xml 

<mode>

d,nomark verify

<postprocess>

mdb  

mdb                     

rex           

This element is optional and specifies which of the available post processes should run.

<proxy>

192.168.2.4:8080

This setting is only required if your computer is behind a proxy.

<user-agent>

The user agent string that is sent to the tvguide website. Some sites require this.

<logging>

off

Sets the logging behavior of the program.

<retry>

6

4

This element configures the retry mechanism of the grabber engine. The element value is the number of times the engine will retry to capture a page. After the retries the engine will go on with the next page. Additional settings can be set through attributes.

<skip>

12,0

5,1

With this setting you can filter out erratic or unwanted show info. When a show takes too long, it could be some tellsell program. If a show is to short, it could be an announcement and not a real show.

<timespan>

0

10		  
0,16:20  

The timespan for which shows will be grabbed.
It takes one or two values separated by a comma or a space. The first is the number of days (including today) to download, note that 0 is today. The second (optional) is a time specified between 0:00 and 24:00 which will reduce the download to only the one show (per day) which is scheduled around the specified time. Any value between start time (including) and stop time will do. This -one-show-only mode is helpfull if a SiteIni file needs to be debugged.

<license>

f

Insert the line with required fields in WebGrab++.config.xml
As the license line is added to Webgrab++.config.xml, the program creates WGLicense.log.txt that indicates the modes and benefits for the users. Email=is the email used to register on the forum. Password is available in user profile (see license pass code). Note: NO other email can be used other then the one used to register on the Webgrabplus Forum. ATTENTION: If license change (unregistred_user to donator) IS necessary to force the update, then remove "f" to avoid un-necessary check requests.

<decryptkey>

keyvalue

A12#5	  

Insert the line with siteini name and key value
Siteini encrypted with key are posted with EK exstension (Encrypted-Key). Keys are usually availbale in donators area or can be requested to Authors/Team members. Once the key is added to Webgrab++.config.xml it will be automatically run as a normal siteini, just keeping methods encrypted. For siteini E (Encrypted only) no decryptkey is required

<update>

f

This setting will change the global update behaviour.

<channel>

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

This is the most important setting element. It indicates what TV channel you want to grab. You can define multiple lines of this element in the configuration file. One line for each TV channel you want in your EPG listing. For almost every site, there is a youre_site.channels.xml file available. That file is only as a reference, and is not used by WG++ directly. Just find your channel line in there and copy it to the WebGrab++.config.xml file. Then you can adjust the attributes of that line to your needs. To generate your own youre_site.channels.xml file, see channels.xml.
This element has several attributes.

<channel Combi-Channels>

CombiChan
CombiChan
CombiChan

Some providers combine several channels in one. Like, in a certain period of the day Channel A and for the rest of the day Channel B. Or, Channel A but moving to Channel B on certain events (like live Sports happening on Channel B)
WebGrab+Plus supports the composition of the EPG for such channels by merging EPG data of different channels for certain periods of the day and by filtering for the events with a title filter.
The setup for such channels is done in WebGrab++.config.xml, using the attributes 'period', 'include' and 'exclude'. One entry for each fragment. It is also possible to add a reference to the source channel of the fragment at the end of the description. This reference has the format (site_channel/site), like (SBS6/tvgids.nl). For this to work one need to specify the attribute 'site_channel' in the channel entry. Without this attribute the reference will be just (site).
The entries of the combi-channel fragments in the channel-list must be kept together (not mixed with other channel entries).
The period specification cannot be negative. Suppose the desired periods are from 20:00-06:00 channel A and from 06:00-20:00 channel B. Because the first period is negatieve, it must be specified in three fractions:
channel A period="00:00-06:00"
channel B period="06:00-20:00"
channel A period="20:00-24:00"
WebGrab+Plus grabs and applies the attributes (period/exclude/include) of the Combi-Channel fragments in an incremental way.
This makes that periods may overlap
Consequently the order in which the fragments occur in the channel-list is important. The incremental update process is slightly different for combi-channels (compared to it for normal channels).
Overlapping programs from the different fragments are 'truncated' on the period and title filter transitions.

<channel Timeoffset-Channels>

Canal +
Canal + 2

Many sites list channels that differ only from another through a time difference. Instead of grabbing the epg separately it is possible to just copy and time shift the ‘source´ channel with a special channel specification.
This way you speed-up the grabbing of channels.
The source channel (here ="Canal +") must always be listed before the timeoffset-channel (here "Canal + 2") The offset can also be negative like offset="-1"