WebGrab+Plus and Argus - Supporter Thread

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Dragy
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WebGrab+Plus and Argus - Supporter Thread

Post by Dragy » Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:32 pm

Dear All

As we see, some supporting tools will not be available for upcoming Argus TV 2.3 or aren't maintained anymore.
With this thread we may support you in setting up & tweaking the XMLTV grabber WebGrab+Plus, which is not the easiest to use, but a very flexible one.
The clear target is, that your guide has the best information available, explicitly including season/episode grabbing.

Unfortunately always those "but's"...: WG++ has no GUI.

BUT... :) it has:
- incremental update capabilities
- multiple site-support (ok, nearly all have this ;) )
- post-processing capabilities
- and a very supportive developer

We will see, if you want to use this thread.

What's the benefit?
How you can make use out of a proper season/episode feed via xmltv - please see here: viewtopic.php?p=33973#p33973

Downloads:
List of site.ini files for WG++ that support season/episode numbering within Argus: Repository:
- WG++ Website: http://webgrabplus.com
- WG++ Forum (not very frequented): http://webgrabplus.com/forum
- WG++ Support-Forum for MediaPortal (which is by 100% valid for all WG++ users): http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threa ... bber.88425
- Downloads for specific Argus issues - see below in this post #1: viewtopic.php?f=70&t=3919

Edit Remarks:
The post has been edited by Christoph21x with the explicit allowance of Dragy

Special thanks to Dragy and sgibbers, who brought this grabber up (again) considering "guide enrichment"

Feel free to drop any comment or question in here.

With kind regards of Dragy and from Switzerland - Chris
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TVToday.de ini & new channel files. Rev. 13 as per 2015-09-12
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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by Sjakko » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:08 pm

Thanks for the tip! Because of this grabber I now have radio EPG for The Netherlands (via gids.publiekeomroep.nl). :P The description and other program details aren't always grabbed though, is that a known problem?
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Dragy
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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by Dragy » Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:18 pm

The ini file for gids.publiekeomroep has to be updated I guess. I use tvgids.nl as source :)
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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by chriszero » Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:52 pm

That is a really nice piece of software. I'm using it as my standard XMLTV source. I've modified the grabber .ini's for my needs. Works like a charm with almost any German website.

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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by Steph » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:24 pm

Does anyone have a WebGrab++.config file for a Belgian user ?

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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by glenn 1990 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:48 pm

Steph wrote:Does anyone have a WebGrab++.config file for a Belgian user ?
Yes, but not for all channels and satellite only.
I linked my sd guide channels to my HD channels, so no need to grab the HD ones.
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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by Jimbo23 » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:20 am

Hi Glenn,

Quick thing, if you link your SD channels to the HD ones in the guide then you won't get the flags to indicate programmes originated in HD?

Saves recording in HD something that was just upscaled.

Thanks,

James
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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by glenn 1990 » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:54 pm

Jimbo23 wrote:Hi Glenn,

Quick thing, if you link your SD channels to the HD ones in the guide then you won't get the flags to indicate programmes originated in HD?

Saves recording in HD something that was just upscaled.

Thanks,

James
Yes, no HD flags, but there aren't HD flags for de HD channels either.
So no problem in my case.

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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by WGMaker » Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:45 pm

A new version of WebGrab+Plus (V1.0.8 Beta) is available:

It now supports 66 tvguide sites and comes in two installation variants:

-- The standard .msi variant is available here: (http://www.servercare.nl/Docs/WebGrab+P ... etaMsi.rar)
-- and the ClickOnce variant here: (http://www.servercare.nl/Docs/WebGrab+P ... ckOnce.rar)
(the ClickOnce installation was use for all the previous versions and is kept available for those user that want to continue using utilities or batch scripts that rely on the file structure that is typical for this type of installation)

Supported sites for the following countries :

Belgium(2), Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark(2), Finland, France(3), Greece, Germany(2), HongKong, Hungary, Israel, Italy(5), Litauen, Netherlands(5), Norway(2), Poland(2), Portugal(2), Romania(3), Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Republic South Africa(2), Spain(4), Sweden(3), Switserland(2), Turkey, UK(6) and
International Networks like: DirectTV(North America), OSN (Libanon, Saudi Arabia, North African Countries etc) Discovery, TvGuide.com (N/M/S-America and Caribbean), BBC, Australia Network and RadioAustralia

A complete list of supported tvguide sites can be had at: (http://www.servercare.nl/Docs/SiteIni-List-Pack8.pdf)

For detailed information for users and siteini developers read the documentation: (http://www.servercare.nl/Docs/Documenta ... .8Beta.pdf)

For support, siteini request and more information (http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Po ... a371&ID=98)
or just mail (my mail address is on the cover of the documentation)

Wg++Maker .... Jan

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Re: Perfect XMLTV solution: WebGrab+Plus

Post by WGMaker » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:51 pm

Sorry but there is a wrong setting in the configfile, a forgotten leftover from an experiment !
<retry show-delay=15>4</retry> should be <retry>4</retry>

(remove the show-delay, it pauses for 15 seconds between the grab of any show!!)

The error is corrected in the mean time.

again sorry .... wg++maker .. Jan

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