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tuxtv: Tux warns you when your favorite TV show begins.

Posted by zubro at August 15. 2007

This script will program alerts to warn you when some selected TV shows begin.




Prerequisites:



  • python XML library

  • xmltv installed and configured.

To configure xmltv, run
tv_grab_fr --configure --gui
to select your TV channels (change fr by your country code, see here for a list of tv_grab commands)

  • the at command must be allowed for current user (see /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny)



Usage:


Edit the CONFIG SECTION at the beggining of the script before using, then make it executable, and run it once a day, without any argument (you can put it into the crontab). It will then program the announces for the next day.

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