PXN (Plex XMLTV Netherlands)

A plex compatible XMLTV generator for The Netherlands

Structure

• NodeJS
• Commander
• XMLBuilder2

Basic Usage

• Download the latest version from the releases page on GitHub
• Save the binary in its own folder
• Run the binary ./pxn-xxx (this will create some additional files)
• Start indexing channels ./pxn-xxx channels
• List the channels you just indexed ./pxn-xxx list
• Change your config to include the channels you want to grab config.json
• Check if your channels are now marked for indexing ./pxn-xxx list
• Start grabbing show information and create a XMLTV file ./pxn-xxx run
• Automate the run process to create up-to-date XMLTV files for plex

Development Usage

• Install NodeJS 8.0 or higher
• Run npm install in the root project folder
• Run npm start [args] in the root project folder

Channel Database

When grabbing channels we create a local database that will be used during indexing. Missing channels? Just run ./pxn-xxx channels again.

Checkout .pxn-channels since this is the database file.

config.json Explanation

{
  "channels": [ <<- This block is used to define the channels you want to index. (This only contains channels numbers)
    1
  ]
}

Help

Usage: pxn [options] [command]

Options:
  -h, --help      display help for command

Commands:
  run             grabs the epg data and stores it into an XMLTV format
  channels        grabs the epg channels and stores it into a JSON format
  list            lists the available channels and marks the channels configured for epg grabbing
  help [command]  display help for command

License

MIT