User:Dekarl/Static File Grabber Template - Revision history

Dekarl: be more verbose about the intent

2011-05-13T13:08:59Z

be more verbose about the intent

Dekarl: /* Advantages */ add time zone fixups

2010-10-30T11:08:16Z

‎Advantages: add time zone fixups

Dekarl: draft concept for a grabber that just downloads a file (and what it's good for anyway)

2010-09-02T16:54:46Z

draft concept for a grabber that just downloads a file (and what it's good for anyway)

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Concept of a static file grabber.
=Advantages=
A simple static file grabber has some advantages over a plain [[XMLTVFormat|XMLTV file]] on the internet.
* easy to find: a new user can find the guide source via {{program|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_Files|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

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-Concept of a static file grabber.
+=Concept of a static file grabber.=
 =Advantages=
-A simple static file grabber has some advantages over a plain [[XMLTVFormat|XMLTV file]] on the internet.
+A static file grabber has some advantages over a plain [[XMLTVFormat|XMLTV file]] on the internet.
 * easy to find: a new user can find the guide source via {{program|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_Files|supplementary file]] the location of the "plain file" can be changed without updating xmltv
+* easy to keep running: by going via a [[Supplementary_Files|supplementary file]] parameters can be updated without updating xmltv itself
-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
+If you already have your guide data on the internet and want to support xmltv consumers you can either adjust your service to extent your service to supply a perfectly crafted xmltv file or
-* centrally controlled fixup for things like floating local time instead of UTC or explicit time offsets
+* do the format conversion in the grabber instead of providing multiple formats on the server