WebGrab+Plus

WebGrab+Plus
is a Freeware, closed-source multi-site incremental
XMLTV
EPG
grabber. It collects TV program guide data from selected TV guide sites for your favorite channels.
Fast through its incremental mode in which it grabs only what is new or changed.
Rich in detail and highly configurable.
Optional post-processors to add
IMDb
data or to customize your XMLTV listing.
It can later be used by
Kodi
,
MythTV
,
Tvheadend
and other compatible Television and Home Theater front-end media players.
A licensing model is introduced starting from version 3.1. The different license models are un_registrd_user, registered_user, donator, donator_license and developer.
Registration is required, for more information please check
WebGrab+Plus FAQ
.
License Table
default
un_registrd_user
registered_user
donator
donator_license
developer
channels/ini
20
20
30
50
250
1000
channels total
20
20
30
50
250
1000
siteinis
2
2
3
10
15
100
decryption keys
without userkey
without userkey
enabled
enabled
enabled
enabled
decryption mode
legacy (V2)
legacy (V2)
legacy (V2)
legacy (V2)
new (V3) & (V2)
new (V3) & (V2)
index only
yes
yes
no
no
no
no
postprocess MDB
disabled
disabled
disabled
enabled
enabled
enabled
postprocess REX
disabled
enabled
disabled
enabled
enabled
enabled
debug
False
False
False
False
False
True
show details ★
ttd
ttd
ttsd
full
full
full
update mode
force
force
light
all
all
all
channel delay
4 secs
4 secs
2 secs
0 secs
0 secs
0 secs
index delay
4 secs
4 secs
4 secs
0 secs
0 secs
0 secs
show delay
2 secs
2 secs
1 secs
0 secs
0 secs
0 secs
★ showdetails : 'tt = times & title, 's' = subtitle, 'd' = description
Installation
Install
the
wg++
AUR
package.
Usage
First step is to create a working directory for
wg++
EPG/XMLTV grabber. The working directory will be saved to the home directory of the active user.
To create a configuration directory type:
$ wg++ -g
At this point all necessary files are created and it's now possible to configure
WebGrab++.config.xml
.
To generate EPG guide file
guide.xml
, type:
$ wg++
The EPG guide
guide.xml
will be stored in the location, which is defined in configuration file
~/wg++/WebGrab++.config.xml
.
To see what options can be used with
wg++
, type:
$ wg++ -h
Configuration
All configuration files will be placed in
~/wg++
directory. The main configuration file is
~/wg++/WebGrab++.config.xml
. See
the upstream documentation
for the available options.
Tip
You might want to set up
web server
on the same machine, set up read-write access for your user and generate
guide.xml
directly to it. For example
<filename>/srv/http/public/guide.xml</filename>
.
Finding and adding channels
Channel entries defines what TV programs needs to be included in EPG guide.
To list all possible TV programs, use this command:
$ grep site_id ~/wg++/siteini.pack/*/*channels.xml
To list all possible TV programs by country:
$ grep site_id ~/wg++/siteini.pack/
Country
/*channels.xml
To filter TV programs by keyword:
$ grep site_id ~/wg++/siteini.pack/*/*channels.xml | grep -i "
keyword
"
And paste as many
<channel>
entries as you want into the configuration file.
Troubleshooting
Different channel names
Your IPTV provider might use different channel names from what WebGrabber+Plus offers. For example -
TV3
channel exists in WebGrabber+Plus channels list, but your IPTV provider uses
TV3 4K
, which refers to the same channel, but cannot be found in WebGrabber+Plus channels list. If the channel name is not changed, then it will not be picked up by IPTV player either.
To resolve this, take the actual WebGrabber+Plus channel element:
<channel update="i" site="tvprograma.lt" site_id="tv3/42" xmltv_id="TV3">
TV3
</channel>
and change value accordingly:
<channel update="i" site="tvprograma.lt" site_id="tv3/42" xmltv_id="TV3">
TV3 4K
</channel>
Same channels under different names
Your IPTV provider might provide backup channels or channels with different quality, therefore ending up with duplicating channels under different names. In order to generate EPG guide efficiently, modify configuration file as per below example:
<channel update="i" site="sporttv.pt" site_id="727" xmltv_id="
SPORT.TV1
">SPORT TV 1</channel>
<channel offset="0" same_as="
SPORT.TV1
" xmltv_id="SPORT TV 1 HD">SPORT TV 1 HD</channel>
<channel offset="0" same_as="
SPORT.TV1
" xmltv_id="SPORT TV 1 FHD">SPORT TV 1 FHD</channel>
<channel offset="0" same_as="
SPORT.TV1
" xmltv_id="SPORT TV 1 XXX">SPORT TV 1 XXX</channel>
Note
Attribute
xmltv_id
must be unique in your configuration file. You might consider changing it to new channel's name as well.
Tips and tricks
Alternative configuration directory
You can specify and use alternative configuration directory. Copy default configuration directory to your desired destination:
$ cp -r /usr/share/wg++ /path/to/
configuration_directory
It's also possible to create an alternative configuration directory with
wg++
, type:
$ wg++ -d /path/to/
configuration_directory
-g
To generate EPG guide, run:
$ wg++ -d /path/to/
configuration_directory
Update channels list
As of version 5.5.0, the update is no longer possible to make via the wrapper scripts but is embedded in the dotnet binary framework for automatic update of the
~/wg++/siteini.pack
folder.
Update yourself for specific TV guide providers. See
WebGrab+Plus EPG-channels
See also
WebGrab+Plus official documentation