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  Add-Remove .ts

Windows Application for Beyonwiz PVRs
                             

Adds or removes .ts extensions to all the 32MB tvwiz files so they can be played in VLC or any media playing software that supports playing .ts files. It can now also combine all the 32MB parts into one large .ts file - by creating a new merged file in the same directory as the 32MB parts files.
 

For more information see this beyonwiz forum discussion.

Requirements:  Windows... and some beyonwiz tvwiz files

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  Add-Remove .ts   257 KB

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  xml2MediaStar EPG Converter

For MediaStar & Arion PVRs with firmware that supports IceTV
                             

Converts xmltv files from any source to MediaStar DW-820PVR/DT-920PVR and Arion AT-9300PVR compatible EPG dat files. I've tested it with xmltv files from 10 different sources (including IceTv).

Suitable for Free-To-Air and Satellite PVRs.

To use the EPG Convertor just download, unzip wherever you like (keeping the included directory structure intact), copy your xmltv file to the Data directory and name the xmltv file xmltv.xml. Then run xml2ms.exe and it will create a file called ice_epg.dat. Now connect your PVR's USB to your PC and copy the ice_epg.dat file to the PVR's EPG directory.

Or you can call it from the command line or a batch file and use the path/name of your xmltv file as a parameter - see the included readme for further information.

You can also specify a drive to upload the ice_epg.dat file to the PVR. And you can also specify a time offset (plus or minus) in minutes to adjust the program times in your source data.

For more information see temporary1's ms920 page and this DTV Forum discussion.

Requirements:  Windows... and an xmltv file

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  xml2MediaStar EPG Converter   516 KB

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  MPEG-TS to MediaStar AVR Converter  

Convert MPEG2-TS video files to upload and play on the PVR 

This is my working beta program for creating the avf header file and inserting the avr file headers into mpeg2-ts video files so that they can be played on the Arion AT-9300PVR, MediaStar DW-820PVR/DT-920PVR, Eycos 50.12 and Echostar 5020 PVRs.

If your video files are not already in the mpeg2-ts format you need to convert first convert them - and split them at 2GB if they're larger than 2GB - using a suitable program (like ProjectX or VideoRedo etc).

For more information see temporary1's ms920 page and this DTV Forum discussion.
 

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  MPEG-TS to AVR Converter   235 KB

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  XMLTV Channel Fixer  

Change the TV Channel Names in your xmltv files

Some xmltv applications depend on the channel names in the xmltv file always being the same. If you want or need to switch data sources you'll often also need to change the channel names in the xmltv file.

This program will replace any specified channel names in any text file with your new specified channel names. It's ideal for changing weird channel names like freesd.Sydney.2-2 to ABC etc.

It supports an unlimited number of channel names to change. And it can actually replace any text strings in any text file with your specified text strings. If you carefully set the order of names to change in the ini file you can switch xmltv data sources when ever you want and run ChannelFixer to change the channel names to what you require - without needing to change the names in the ini file.

For more information see my Channel Fixer web page and the included readme.
 

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  Channel Fixer   330 KB

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  XMLTV Program Title Fixer  

Replace specified Titles with the first part of the Subtitle or Description

This program is for users of IceTV or other xmltv data where sports events often have uninformative titles like MOTORSPORT or TENNIS etc. XMLTV Title Fixer will replace the titles you specify (in the ini file) with the first sentence of the extended description like F1GP from Melbourne or Australian Open Men's Round 3. The number of user configurable titles to fix are unlimited.

When you run Title Fixer it will:
1.) Backup listings.xml to listings.bak
2.) Fix the titles in listings.xml
3.) Pop-up a message informing you how many titles it changed (and close the message after 5 seconds).

Note: Currently the input file must be named listings.xml

For more information see my this Topfield-Australia forum topic.
 

Requirements:  Windows... and an xmltv file with annoying titles

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  Title Fixer   311 KB

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  XMLTV Merger  

Merge 2 xmltv files and optionally rename or delete channels

This application will merge 2 xmltv files into one valid xmltv file. Optionally it will also rename any specified channel names and/or delete any unwanted channels (and the data for that channel). You can, for example, for merge ABC2 and SBS-News data from one xmltv source with ABC, 7, 9 and 10 data from another xmltv source - that does not include ABC2 or SBS-News data, but has better extended information for the other channels - while deleting the duplicate ABC, 7, 9 and 10 channel data from the first source's xmltv file.
 

Requirements:  Windows... and 2 xmltv files

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  XMLTV Merger   319 KB

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Other PVR-Tool Applications 

  HTML Decoder

Convert all HTML entities in the input file into extended characters. For example the character á will be converted into á. For decoding your xmltv file for those xmltv applications that don't display html characters correctly. Or for decoding html in any text file. To use html-decode.exe just call htmldecode from a batch file or a command window with input and output files specified with the following switches.

Example:  htmldecode -input=[path\]file -output=[path\]file

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  HTML Decoder   318 KB

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  TopKiller

Command line application for killing running applications - especially stubborn, hard to close applications.  It can be called from any Windows application or script etc and will run invisibly in the background and close when finished.  TopKiller kills applications in a diferent way for each parameter used. The -c (class name) parameter closes the application cleanly. The -n (exe name) parameter uses brute force. For some stubborn applications you may need to use both.

Example:  topkiller -nMyApp.exe -cMyAppMain

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  TopKiller   226 KB

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  Icon to Bitmap

Extracts icons from ico, exe and dll files and saves them as 16x16 or 32x32 pixel bitmaps.  If the file contains more than one icon you can select which icon to extract by setting the icon index.  Or you can extract all the icons by checking ALL.  The extracted bitmaps are saved in the same directory as file that contains the icons.

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Donorware

Download:  Icon to Bitmap   218 KB

         Application Directory  - Browse the directory of all my Donorware applications. 

         Temp Directory - Some of my beta and test applications (without documentation). 

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Other Programmers' Applications 

  TEXTA - TEDS' XMLTV Time Adjustor, by Trapper, is a command line tool for correcting incorrect dates and times in xmltv files, for example when the grabber inserts UTC times instead of local times and visa versa. Texta comes as part of TEDS shareware.

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Freeware

Download:  TEXTA.exe   14 KB

  PVR101 Disk - Disk Extraction software for Technotrend, Technosonic, Bush, Tevion, Medion, Sigmatek PVRs and other Technotrend clones that enables you to copy recordings off your PVR's HDD while it is mounted in your PC. PVR101 Disk extraction software may also work for your PVR if it is a clone of the Technotrend PVR 101.

Requirements:  Windows/DOS

Licensing:  Freeware/OpenSource

Download:  pvr101dsk.zip   62 KB

  Sigma - Sigmatek GUI Disk Reader Software. For Sigmatek and Technotrend clones.

Requirements:  Windows

Licensing:  Freeware

Download:  sigma.zip   266 KB

         Other Authors Directory  - Directory of  other programmers' useful PVR applications like
                                                        pvr101dsk + sigma GUI front-end, TEXTA & ToppyVista.

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Handy Applications available online  

  FAT32 Format - Ridgecrop Consultant's FAT32 formatting tool now also comes in a GUI version. This stand-alone tool can format IDE, SATA, eSATA, USB and Firewire HDDs and Memory Sticks. It is perfect for formatting USB HDDs intended to be connected to a PVR if you are having difficulty getting the PVR to format the HDD (with Windows XP/Vista/7 disallowing formatting anything larger than 32GB as FAT32). A command line version is also available.

Requirements:  Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 (not 9x/ME)

Licensing:  GPL Freeware - source available at site

Download:  GUI Format's webpage  30 KB  (click on screen image to download)

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