tv_remove_some_overlapping (1p)

tv_remove_some_overlapping [--help] [--output \s-1FILE\s0] [\s-1FILE\s0...]

Read one or more \s-1XMLTV\s0 files and write a file to standard ouput containing the same data, except that some 'magazine' programmes which seem to contain two or more other programmes are removed.

For example, if 'Schools \s-1TV\s0' runs from 10:00 to 12:00, and there are two programmes 'History' from 10:00 to 11:00 and 'Geography' from 11:00 to 12:00 on the same channel, then 'Schools \s-1TV\s0' could be removed. A programme is removed only if there are two or more other programmes which partition its timeslot, which implies that it and these other programmes must have stop times specified.

To avoid throwing away any real programmes, no programme will be discarded if it has content data other than title and \s-1URL\s0.

Filtering this tool won't remove all overlapping programmes but it will deal with the 'big magazine programme containing smaller programmes' data commonly seen from listings sources.

--output \s-1FILE\s0 write to \s-1FILE\s0 rather than standard output

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Ed Avis, [email protected]