stationlist.xml(5)

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:

    <station name="CNN" active="1" position="18"
             band="US Cable" channel="18"/>
    <station name="DSF" active="1" position="12"
             band="VHF E2-E12" channel="E12"/>

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:

        <station name="2" active="1" position="0"
                 band="Custom" channel="55.69MHz"/>

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:

        <station name="2" active="1" position="0"
                 band="Custom" channel="55.69MHz"
                 xmltvid="I10119.labs.zap2it.com"/>

AUTHORS

Achim Schneider, Billy Biggs.

SEE ALSO

tvtime(1), tvtime-command(1), tvtime-scanner(1), tvtime.xml(5).