NAME

       tv_grab_dtv_la - Grab TV listings for Direct TV Latin America

SYNOPSIS

       tv_grab_dtv_la --help

       tv_grab_dtv_la [--config-file FILE] --configure [--gui OPTION]

       tv_grab_dtv_la [--config-file FILE] [--output FILE] [--days N]
                      [--offset N] [--min-delay N] [--max-delay N] [--quiet]

       tv_grab_dtv_la --list-channels --loc [ar | cb | cl | co | ec | pe | pr | uy | ve]

       tv_grab_dtv_la --capabilities

       tv_grab_dtv_la --version

DESCRIPTION

       Output TV listings for Direct TV channels available in Latin America.  Listings for the following
       countries are currently available: Argentina, Caribbean ('cb'), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto
       Rico, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela.

       The TV listings come from http://directstage.directvla.com/ The grabber relies on parsing HTML so it
       might stop working at any time.

       First run tv_grab_dtv_la --configure to choose, first of all your country and then which channels you
       want to download. Then running tv_grab_dtv_la with no arguments will output listings in XML format to
       standard output.

       The grabber doesn't generate stop times, so you may want to run tv_sort on the output to generate them.

       --configure Prompt for which channels, and write the configuration file.

       --config-file FILE Set the name of the configuration file, the default is ~/.xmltv/tv_grab_dtv_la.conf.
       This is the file written by --configure and read when grabbing.

       --gui OPTION Use this option to enable a graphical interface to be used.  OPTION may be 'Tk', or left
       blank for the best available choice.  Additional allowed values of OPTION are 'Term' for normal terminal
       output (default) and 'TermNoProgressBar' to disable the use of XMLTV::ProgressBar.

       --output FILE Write to FILE rather than standard output.

       --days N Grab N days.  The default is 3.

       --offset N Start N days in the future.  The default is to start from today.

       --min-delay N You must insert a delay between page requests to avoid unnecessary load on the website. If
       you try to grab pages too quickly then it's likely you will get banned by the website providers (and may
       get all other xmltv users banned as well!).  Suggested value: 1 (seconds)

       --max-delay N Maximum delay between web page fetches.  Suggested value: 3 (seconds)

       --quiet Suppress the progress messages normally written to standard error.

       --capabilities Show which capabilities the grabber supports. For more information, see
       <http://wiki.xmltv.org/index.php/XmltvCapabilities>

       --version Show the version of the grabber.

       --help Print a help message and exit.

SEE ALSO

       xmltv(5), tv_grab_ar.

AUTHOR

       Most of the grabber was made by Lic. Christian A. Rodriguez <car@cespi.unlp.edu.ar>, with a lot of help
       from others, specially Joaquin Salvarredy <jsalvarredy@cespi.unlp.edu.ar> who tested the grabber from its
       early versions and Lic. Nicolas Macia <nmacia@cespi.unlp.edu.ar>

BUGS

       This grabber extracts all information from Direct TV Latin America website. Any change in this web page
       may cause this grabber to stop working.