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NAME

TV::Humax::Foxsat - Parse metadata files from your Humax satellite TV receiver.

VERSION

version 0.06

SYNOPSIS

  use TV::Humax::Foxsat::hmt_data;

  my $hmt_data = new TV::Humax::Foxsat::hmt_data();
  $hmt_data->raw_from_file('/path/to/TV Show_20121007_2159.hmt');

  printf "Recording %s ran from %s till %s on %s (channel %d).\n",
    $hmt_data->progName,
    $hmt_data->startTime,
    $hmt_data->endTime,
    $hmt_data->ChanNameEPG,
    $hmt_data->ChanNum;

  my @epg_records = @{ $hmt_data->EPG_blocks() };
  my $epg_block = pop @epg_records;

  printf "The last show in the recording was of %s starting at %s for %d minutes.\n",
    $epg_block->progName,
    $epg_block->startTime,
    ( $epg_block1->duration / 60 );

  printf "The show description is %s\n", $epg_block->guideInfo;

Hmt files are meta data files used by Humax

NB: There is no support for modifying and saving hmt data files. You should treat the fields as read only.

FIELDS

The following fields are available in hmt_data

Numbers/strings: lastPlay ChanNum progName ChanNameEPG AudioType VideoPID AudioPID TeletextPID VideoType EPG_Block_count fileName

Datetime: startTime endTime

Boolean: Freesat Viewed Locked HiDef Encrypted CopyProtect Locked Subtitles

The field EPG_blocks contains the list of electronic program guide data blocks that are instances of TV::Humax::Foxsat::epg_data

The following fields are avalable in epg_data

startTime duration progName guideInfo guideFlag guideBlockLen

guideInfo is the Long program guide text. Up to 255 bytes

SUPPORTED DEVICES

This module designed to work with metadata files from Humax's Foxsat receiver, it is known not to work with files from the HDR-FOX T2 receiver. Other devices are untested, and may or may not work. Please report any success or otherwise with other devices.

AUTHOR

"spudsoup", <"spudsoup at cpan.org">

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-tv-humax-foxsat at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=TV-Humax-Foxsat. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

I would also be interested in any suggestions for improvement you might have.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc TV::Humax::Foxsat

You can also look for information at:

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013 "spudsoup".

This program is released under the following license: gpl --verbose