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Die deutsche Version dieses Handbuchs gibt es [[:de:Hauptseite|hier]]. Bitte helfen Sie mit die deutsche Version in diese Englische zu übersetzen.
  
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==Welcome==
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Welcome to the Wiki help pages of the [http://www.tvbrowser.org TV-Browser] project!
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You can get a lot of information about [http://www.tvbrowser.org TV-Browser] here. Can't find what you're looking for? Got good ideas for new articles? This section is free for editing, so you can alter or add missing parts as you like.
  
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Please post your questions about TV-Browser in our [http://hilfe.tvbrowser.org/index.php?c=7 English forum].
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! style="background:lightyellow;" | Installation
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Install | Installation Instructions]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Install Java | How to install Java]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[How to start | How to start TV-Browser]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Setup assistant | Using the Setup Assistant]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Update | Getting a newer version of TV-Browser]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Backup | Backing up your settings and data]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Firewalls | Configuring firewalls to allow TV-Browser to work correctly]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Uninstall | Uninstalling TV-Browser]]
 
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! style="background:lightblue; width:33%" | Configuration
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Settings | Various program settings]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Appearance | A description of the interface]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Update Channel List| Adding new channels from an online resource]]
 
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! style="background:lightgreen; width:33%" | Information
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[History|History of TV-Browser]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Comparison|How TV-Browser compares to the competition]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[FAQ | Read the FAQ]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Keyboard Shortcuts|A list of keyboard shortcuts]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Available stations|A list of TV stations covered by TV-Browser]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Cinema guide of TV-Browser | Information about the Cinema guide]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[New Features in TV browser 2.0|What's changed in recent versions?]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[How to fix update problems|How to fix update problems]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Regular Expressions|Using regular expressions]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Program data quality | A note about program data quality]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Channel Wish List| Request a channel that isn't currently provided]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Special:Allpages|List of pages on this wiki]]
 
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! style="background:pink; width:33%" | Advanced Topics
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Filterrules | How to create your own Filters]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Providing TV listings | Adding new data sources for TV listings]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[For Developers|Creating your own plugins]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Activate Logging|How to activate logging]]
 
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| bgcolor=white | [[Parameter System|A description of the Parameter System]]
 
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=Welcome to the TV-Browser English Wiki=
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[http://tvbrowser.org/about.php About TV-Browser]
  
Welcome to the Wiki help pages of the [http://www.tvbrowser.org TV-Browser] project! This wiki aims to provide information about every aspect of TV-Browser. If there is information that has not yet been covered, why not add it to this wiki? Likewise, if you find any section of this wiki that is outdated, is in need of improvement or just needs a touch up in terms of formatting feel free to make the changes and help us out!
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[http://enwiki.tvbrowser.org/index.php/About_Wiki About Wiki]
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==General==
  
If there is any information that you cannot find in this wiki, please visit [http://hilfe.tvbrowser.org/index.php?c=7 our forums] and ask for further help there.
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* [[Install]]
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* [[Update]]
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* [[How to start]]
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* [[Setup assistant]]
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* [[Appearance]]
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* [[Keyboard Shortcuts|Keyboard shortcuts]]
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* [[Settings]]
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* [[Available stations|Available TV/radio stations, cinemas and events]]
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* [[Backup]]
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* [[Uninstall]]
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* [[FAQ]]
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* [[Contribute]]
  
For further information about what a 'wiki' is visit our [[About Wiki | wiki description page]].
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==Features and Plugins==
  
For convenience, this is the [http://www.tvbrowser.org TV-Browser home page] and this is [http://hilfe.tvbrowser.org/index.php?c=7 our English speaking forum].
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Most features of TV-Browser are realized as a [[Plugin]].
  
If you like TV-Browser and wish to advertise us on your website, visit our [[Banners, Logos and other Promotion Material|Banners, logos and other promotion material]] page.
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# [[Blog this!]] - Simply do a Blog entry by one mouse click.
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# [[Calendar Export]] - Exports programs to a scheduler such as "Outlook".
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# [[Clipboard]] - To collect broadcasts and forwards cluster to plugins.
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# [[Send e-mail]] - Send program info via e-mail.
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# [[Favorite programs]] - Manages your favourite programs.
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# [[View List]] - Displays the available program data in a list.
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# [[Genres]] - Shows the program genres in the tree view.
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# [[Growl]] - Growl-Plugin
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# [[Marker Plugin]] - Easy mark programs or add additional lists for marking programs with different priorities.
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# [[News]] - TV-Browser news.
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# [[Print program]] - Prints the TV program.
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# [[Program information]] - Shows detailed information about one program.
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# [[Recording Control]] - Enables TV-Browser to control external applications or devices e.g. for recording. [[Recording Control Examples| List with examples.]]
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# [[Reminder]] - To remind on a program, you want to see.
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# [[Search]] - Search for programs.
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# [[Showview number calculator]] - To generate the "Showview" numbers.
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# [[TV Rater]] - To rate broadcasts and to see reviews from other users.
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# [[WebPlugin]] - Hand over broadcastings to web pages (e.g. for searching by [http://www.google.com "Google"])
  
== About TV-Browser == <!-- this section from http://tvbrowser.org/about.php-->
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==Tutorials and Examples==
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# [[Filterrules]]
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# [[Filterrules - Example: Subtitle]]
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# [[Filterrules_-_Example:_Word_Search| Filterrules - Example: Word Search]]
  
TV-Browser ...
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==For Developers==
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# [[Providing TV listings]]
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# [[For Developers|Plugin developers]]
  
*...is an Electronic Program Guide (also known as an EPG). That means, it downloads the latest, up-to-date information about television programs from the internet and displays the information in a clear, understandable way - similar to the way that a standard paper TV Guide works. Your internet connection is only in use while downloading information about new programs.
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==Miscellaneous==
 
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* [[Banners, Logos and other Promotion Material|Banners, logos and other promotion material]]
*...downloads information for more than [[Available stations|140 different broadcasters]] and this number is not limited. You can even [[Providing TV listings |supply data for other channels]] not currently offered by TV-Browser which other usres can then share.
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* [[History]]
 
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* [[Firewalls]]
*... is totally free. It costs nothing to download the program or the information about TV programs. TV-Browser is not made for financial gain - we just enjoy working on this project in our freetime. TV-Browser also contains no banner advertising or hidden software. We are really not trying to make any money out of this!
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* [[Comparison|Comparison of different software]]
 
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* [[Install Java]]
*... is Open Source software. If you're not convinced that TV-Browser contains no hidden software such as spyware, backdoors or viruses - [[TV-Browser Build Guide | download]] the sourcecode and see for yourself!
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* [[Cinema guide of TV-Browser]]
 
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* [[Activate Logging|Activate logging]]
*... is platform independant - it runs on any system for which there is a Java-Runtime environment. This is the case for most modern desktop systems whether Windows, Linux, MacOS or many other systems. All you need is the latest [http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_manual2.jsp Java runtime environment].
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* [[New Features in TV browser 2.0|New features in TV-Browser 2.0]]
 
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* The [[Parameter System|parameter system]]
*... is fully configurable. There are skins and icons that allow you to change the appearance of TV-Browser to suit your desktop. As well as this, you can add extra functionality to TV-Browser in the form of downloadable [[Plugin|plugins]] a detailled list of which can be found [[http://www.tvbrowser.org/plugins.php|here]].
 
 
 
== About the Authors == <!-- this section from http://tvbrowser.org/about.php-->
 
 
 
TV-Browser was created and is maintained by :
 
 
 
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! style="background:lightblue; width:20%" | Contact
 
! style="background:lightblue; width:20%" | Website
 
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| Bodo Tasche || Project Lead, Developer || [http://www.tvbrowser.org/email/mailto.php?u=bodo&d=tvbrowser.org Email Bodo]||[http://www.wannawork.de/ Homepage]
 
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| Martin Oberhauser || Release Manager, Developer || [http://www.tvbrowser.org/email/mailto.php?u=martin&d=tvbrowser.org Email Martin]|| -
 
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| René Mach || Developer || [http://www.tvbrowser.org/email/mailto.php?u=rene&d=tvbrowser.org Email Rene]|| -
 
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| Björn Balazs || Usability Advisor || [http://www.tvbrowser.org/email/mailto.php?u=bjoern.balazs&d=apliki.de Email Björn]|| -
 
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| Nelson Darkwah Oppong || Graphic Artist || [http://www.tvbrowser.org/email/mailto.php?u=spyagent&d=arcor.de Email Nelson]|| [http://www.firepot.de/ Homepage]
 
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| Joakim Arborelius  || Developer, Swedish Translations, Swedish Datasources || - || -
 
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| Til Schneider  || Former Developer || [http://www.tvbrowser.org/email/mailto.php?u=til&d=tvbrowser.org Email Til]|| [http://www.murfman.de/ Homepage]
 
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* [[More packages|Other installation sources]] of TV-Browser (e.g., Debian etc.)
 
 
* [[Media Appearances|Media appearances]]
 
* [[Media Appearances|Media appearances]]
 
* [[Press Releases|Press releases]]
 
* [[Press Releases|Press releases]]
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* [[Program data quality]]
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* [[Regular Expressions|Regular expressions]]
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* [[Channel Wish List|Channel wish list]]
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* [[Update Channel List|Update channel List]]
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* [[Special:Allpages|Index]]
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* [[How to fix update problems|How to fix update problems]] (Download does not work etc.)
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* [[More packages|Other installation sources]] of TV-Browser (e.g., Debian etc.)
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==Links==
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* [http://forum.tvbrowser.org/index.php TV-Browser forum]
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* [http://www.tvbrowser.org TV-Browser web page]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 13 May 2014

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Die deutsche Version dieses Handbuchs gibt es hier. Bitte helfen Sie mit die deutsche Version in diese Englische zu übersetzen.


Welcome

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Welcome to the Wiki help pages of the TV-Browser project! You can get a lot of information about TV-Browser here. Can't find what you're looking for? Got good ideas for new articles? This section is free for editing, so you can alter or add missing parts as you like.

Please post your questions about TV-Browser in our English forum.

About TV-Browser

About Wiki

General

Features and Plugins

Most features of TV-Browser are realized as a Plugin.

  1. Blog this! - Simply do a Blog entry by one mouse click.
  2. Calendar Export - Exports programs to a scheduler such as "Outlook".
  3. Clipboard - To collect broadcasts and forwards cluster to plugins.
  4. Send e-mail - Send program info via e-mail.
  5. Favorite programs - Manages your favourite programs.
  6. View List - Displays the available program data in a list.
  7. Genres - Shows the program genres in the tree view.
  8. Growl - Growl-Plugin
  9. Marker Plugin - Easy mark programs or add additional lists for marking programs with different priorities.
  10. News - TV-Browser news.
  11. Print program - Prints the TV program.
  12. Program information - Shows detailed information about one program.
  13. Recording Control - Enables TV-Browser to control external applications or devices e.g. for recording. List with examples.
  14. Reminder - To remind on a program, you want to see.
  15. Search - Search for programs.
  16. Showview number calculator - To generate the "Showview" numbers.
  17. TV Rater - To rate broadcasts and to see reviews from other users.
  18. WebPlugin - Hand over broadcastings to web pages (e.g. for searching by "Google")

Tutorials and Examples

  1. Filterrules
  2. Filterrules - Example: Subtitle
  3. Filterrules - Example: Word Search

For Developers

  1. Providing TV listings
  2. Plugin developers

Miscellaneous

Links