Supplementary free tools which may complement ARGUS TV

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Please first take a deep look at {{LINK-WIKI}} [[Main Page#Front-Ends & Clients|Front-Ends & Clients]] on Main Page for mutually supported and wide-spread clients.<br>
 
Please first take a deep look at {{LINK-WIKI}} [[Main Page#Front-Ends & Clients|Front-Ends & Clients]] on Main Page for mutually supported and wide-spread clients.<br>
  
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| align="center"| Windows Media Center with {{ATV}} Client
 
| align="center"| Windows Media Center with {{ATV}} Client
 
| align="center"| Add-on to Windows Media Center to use {{ATV}} with WMC
 
| align="center"| Add-on to Windows Media Center to use {{ATV}} with WMC
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| align="center"| Freeware, GNU, GPL v3
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| align="center"| [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html Freeware, GNU, GPL v3]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://code.google.com/p/windows-mediacenter-plugins/downloads/list?can=3&q=&colspec=Filename+Summary+Uploaded+ReleaseDate+Size+DownloadCount Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://code.google.com/p/windows-mediacenter-plugins Source Code & Downloads]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WIKI}} [[Windows Media Center with ARGUS TV Client|Wiki Page]]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=4107 Forum]<br>
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{{LINK-WIKI}} [[Windows Media Center with ARGUS TV Client|Wiki Page]]
 
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| align="center"| XBMC with PVR Support
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| align="center"| XBMC with PVR Support (various platforms)
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| align="center"| Advanced media center, or Home Theater PC software (HTPC) with {{ATV}} PVR add-on.
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| align="center"| Advanced media center, or Home Theater PC software (HTPC) with included {{ATV}} PVR add-on.
 
| align="center"| Open Source / GNU
 
| align="center"| Open Source / GNU
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~marcelg/xbmc/prebuild.html Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://xbmc.org/download/ Downloads]
 
| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=60 Forum]<br>{{LINK-WIKI}} [[XBMC with PVR Support|Wiki Page]]
 
| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=60 Forum]<br>{{LINK-WIKI}} [[XBMC with PVR Support|Wiki Page]]
 
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== Watch and Stream Videos & Tools ==
 
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== External EPG / XMLTV Grabber & related Tools ==
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| align="center"| WebGrab+Plus<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=98 Home Page]
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| align="center"| EPG Collector<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector Home Page]
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| align="center"| XMLTV grabber from various sites, flexible to set up and programmable; post-processing capable
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| align="center"| Grabs EPG from the broadcast stream, grabs many formats
 
| align="center"| Freeware
 
| align="center"| Freeware
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=98 Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}}[http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=3919 Forum]<br>{{LINK-WIKI}} [[EPG Grabbers#WebGrab+Plus|Wiki Page]]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WIKI}} [[EPG_Grabbers#EPG_Collector|Wiki Page]]
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| align="center"| Guide Enhancer
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| align="center"| A project that adds season and episode information to your guide programs in {{ATV}}
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| align="center"| Freeware
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://ftr-guide-enhancer.googlecode.com/files/GuideEnricherInstall-v2.0.0.msi Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=4003 Forum]<br>
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{{LINK-WEB}} [http://code.google.com/p/ftr-guide-enhancer/ Project Site]
 
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| align="center"| EPG Collector<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector Home Page]
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| align="center"| TimeForTV Importer<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=98 Home Page]
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| align="center"| Grabs EPG from the broadcast stream, grabs many formats
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| align="center"| The program will make an event in your task manager and then download your XML file from {{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.timefor.tv http://www.timefor.tv] at the time you specify
 
| align="center"| Freeware
 
| align="center"| Freeware
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://sourceforge.net/projects/epgcollector Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=25847#p25847 Download from Post]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WIKI}} [[EPG_Grabbers#EPG_Collector|Wiki Page]]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}}[http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=4026 Forum]
 
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| align="center"| WebGrab+Plus<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=98 Home Page]
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| align="center"| XMLTV grabber from various sites, flexible to set up and programmable; post-processing capable
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| align="center"| Freeware
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=98 Download]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}}[http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=3919 Forum]<br>{{LINK-WIKI}} [[EPG Grabbers#WebGrab+Plus|Wiki Page]]
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| align="center"| XMLTV Enhancer<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ Home Page]
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| align="center"| Program to automatically pre-process and enhance XMLTV files with additional information for TV-Series using the TheTvDB data. Adds season numbering, description and a preview icon to the XMLTV file.
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| align="center"| Freeware
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| align="center"| Download from {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26994#p26994 Forum Post]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=4149 Forum]
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| align="center"| Run as a Service; configured through web interface.
 
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| align="center"| XMLTV GUI<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ Home Page]
 
| align="center"| XMLTV GUI<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.birtles.org.uk/xmltv/ Home Page]
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! align="left" style="width: 10%;"|{{ATV}} Forum & Wiki
 
! align="left" style="width: 10%;"|{{ATV}} Forum & Wiki
 
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| align="center"| Batch Processor<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.codecompetence.com/ Home Page]
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| align="center"| Tools to perform various tasks on the {{ATV}} database(s)
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| align="center"| Freeware
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| align="center"| {{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=25753#p25753 Download from Post]
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WIKI}} [[Batch Processor|Wiki Page]]<br>
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{{LINK-FORUM}} [http://www.argus-tv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=4007 Forum]
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| align="center"| CleanDirectory<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://21x.eu/downloads/CleanDirectory.html Home Page]
 
| align="center"| CleanDirectory<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://21x.eu/downloads/CleanDirectory.html Home Page]
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| align="center"| Freeware
 
| align="center"| Freeware
 
| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://21x.eu/downloads/CleanDirectory.html Download]
 
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== Other Tools ==
 
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WEB}} [http://www.kaashoek.com/files/ Download]
 
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| align="center"| {{LINK-WIKI}} [[Comskip|Wiki Page]]
 
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| align="center"| Donator AND free version may now processes h.264 /MPEG-2 (HD) video.
 
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| align="center"| MCE Standby Tool (MST)<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://slicksolutions.eu Home Page]
 
| align="center"| MCE Standby Tool (MST)<br>{{LINK-WEB}} [http://slicksolutions.eu Home Page]
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[edit] Preamble

ICN INFO.PNG This section shall give you an idea of other (thrid-party) tools and helpers which other ARGUS TV users use in addition to their ARGUS TV installation.

The following lists are alphabetically sorted and represent no ranking or preference.


ICN ATTN.PNG The following suggestions may NOT contain commercial or in any way restricted software. Only free software without any limitation of use may be listed.

ARGUS TV can't grant any of them to be valid and working as described, so - please - handle with care.


[edit] Front-Ends & Clients

ICN EDIT YELLOW.PNG We need your additional information concerning the Front-Ends & Client Applications - please complement this table.
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Please first take a deep look at ICN WIKI INLINE.PNG Front-Ends & Clients on Main Page for mutually supported and wide-spread clients.

Tool (Name) Short Description License Download Link ARGUS TV Forum & Wiki Remarks
MediaPortal
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Advanced media center, or Home Theater PC software (HTPC). ARGUS TV provides add-on. Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum
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Windows Media Center with ARGUS TV Client Add-on to Windows Media Center to use ARGUS TV with WMC Freeware, GNU, GPL v3 ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Source Code & Downloads ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum

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XBMC with PVR Support (various platforms) Advanced media center, or Home Theater PC software (HTPC) with included ARGUS TV PVR add-on. Open Source / GNU ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Downloads ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum
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[edit] Watch and Stream Videos & Tools

Tool (Name) Short Description License Download Link ARGUS TV Forum & Wiki Remarks
Remote Potato
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Remote Potato is a light-weight server which stream your videos, music, pictures to Web Clients, iOS or Android Clients in various resolutions. Streams are created "on the fly" without prior lower-res-remuxing. Free, recently open source ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN WIKI INLINE.PNG Wiki Page Designed for WMC; ARGUS TV users need additional packages - see the Wiki page.
VLC
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		VLC is a media player which supports live TV streaming of ARGUS TV Free Open-Source ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download - -


[edit] Guides, external EPG / XMLTV Grabber & related Tools

Tool (Name) Short Description License Download Link ARGUS TV Forum & Wiki Remarks
EPG Collector
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Grabs EPG from the broadcast stream, grabs many formats Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN WIKI INLINE.PNG Wiki Page -
Guide Enhancer A project that adds season and episode information to your guide programs in ARGUS TV Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum

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SwapCategory
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG HomePage 		Helper to swap "Category" order in XMLTV Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download - -
TimeForTV Importer
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		The program will make an event in your task manager and then download your XML file from ICN WEB INLINE.PNG http://www.timefor.tv at the time you specify Freeware ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Download from Post ICN FORUM INLINE.PNGForum -
WebGrab+Plus
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		XMLTV grabber from various sites, flexible to set up and programmable; post-processing capable Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN FORUM INLINE.PNGForum
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XMLTV Enhancer
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Program to automatically pre-process and enhance XMLTV files with additional information for TV-Series using the TheTvDB data. Adds season numbering, description and a preview icon to the XMLTV file. Freeware Download from ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum Post ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum Run as a Service; configured through web interface.
XMLTV GUI
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Web based EPG "grabber" will download compatible .xml epg file Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN WIKI INLINE.PNG Wiki Page -


[edit] Maintenance

Tool (Name) Short Description License Download Link ARGUS TV Forum & Wiki Remarks
Batch Processor
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Tools to perform various tasks on the ARGUS TV database(s) Freeware ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Download from Post ICN WIKI INLINE.PNG Wiki Page

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CleanDirectory
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Helper for cleanup of left over files from ARGUS TV and/or ComSkip Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN FORUM INLINE.PNG Forum -


[edit] Other Tools

Tool (Name) Short Description License Download Link ARGUS TV Forum & Wiki Remarks
Comskip
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		Comskip is a free mpeg commercial detector for Windows. Many front-ends like XBMC read the output and then skip commercials. Comskip also has a Donator version which has additional capabilities. Freeware ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Download ICN WIKI INLINE.PNG Wiki Page Donator AND free version may now processes h.264 /MPEG-2 (HD) video.
MCE Standby Tool (MST)
ICN WEB INLINE.PNG Home Page 		MCE Standby Tool is a utility to enable real standby functionality also on systems prior to W7. Also on W7 helpful (but not ultimately needed for standby functionality) as it enumbers the processes and applications which prevent your system from going into standby Free for private use ICN WEB INLINE.PNG MST Download - -

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