User:Dekarl/Static File Grabber Template

Concept of a static file grabber.

Advantages

A simple static file grabber has some advantages over a plain XMLTV file on the internet.

• easy to find: a new user can find the guide source via tv_find_grabbers instead of having to search all over the internet
• easy to install: the user doesn't have to care about various means of compression nor does he have to take care of caching to easen the load on the webserver
• easy to keep running: by going via a supplementary file the location of the "plain file" can be changed without updating xmltv

If you already have your guide file on the internet and want to support xmltv consumers you can either convert it upstream on your webserver or

• format conversion in the grabber instead of multiple formats on the server
• centrally controlled fixup for things like floating local time instead of UTC or explicit time offsets