tvmerge

An updated tvmerge program written in node.js to merge two or more xmltv files to a new file

How to use

Node.js

npm i && node tv_merge.js

See Command line arguments for configuration options.

Configuration

Command line arguments

Argument	Description
-i, --input <file...>	Input XMLTV file(s), space-separated or use --folder .xml or .xml.gz
-f, --folder <dir>	Directory to merge all .xml files from
-o, --output <file>	Output XMLTV file (Required)
-t, --doctype	Add DOCTYPE to output file
--dedupe <mode>	Removes duplicates on same channel/start first (default), last entry
--gzip	Compress output as .gz (automatic if you specify .gz output name)
-q, --quiet	Suppress output messages
--tmp-dir <dir>	Set temporary directory to process files
--sortname	Sort output by <display name> instead of channel id (after any other options
--swapname	Swaps the 1st and 2nd <display name>
--chno or --chno=xx	Changes the <channel id= to be the 1st <display name> then (2nd <display name>) (after swap if done) with no spaces. Option =xx will add a suffix behind the name. Example --chno=us for a Channel named Comedy Central HD with CCHD would be <channel id="ComedyCentralHD(CCHD).us"

Setup and running in intervals

Running natively

You can run tvmerge natively on your system.

node tv_merge.js [your_options_here]

Examples

node tv_merge.js -i file1.xml file2.xml -o merge.xml

node tv_merge.js -i file1.xml file2.xml file3.xml -o merge.xml

node tv_merge.js -f folder -o merge.xml

node tv_merge.js -f folder -o merge.xml --sortname --swapname --chno=us

node tv_merge.js --tmp-dir F:\tvmerge_temp -i file1.xml file2.xml -o merge.xml.gz