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Final release for the XMLTV-only TVxb.
Future development efforts are focused on adding MXF support for Windows 7. MXF offers a much richer language for describing program information and is needed for the up-and-coming Windows 7 Media Center release.

Functional change: will follow links other than the title link to download full descriptions. This change was made to support the Netherlands listings.

Bug fix: multi-byte time separator characters are now accepted. Fix for missing first character of some titles.

New Zealand users in particularly are recommended to upgrade to this version.

This release contains essential fixes for Hong Kong users as well as new functionality to recognize titles flagged as reruns.

No changes since the beta release in March.

Misc. fixes for Hebrew, Cyrillic and East European text handling.

• Windows Installer kit
• Vista Support
• Windows 98 desupported
• Bug fixes. Refer to the release notes for more information

• Convert start/stop times to any other timezone
• Convert timezone of start/stop times in imported xmltv files
• Programs can be filtered on text strings
• Improved xml readability for eastern-european character-sets
• Improved actor/director name identification for non-English european languages

• Feature : xmltv director and actors elements supported
• Feature : Improved facilities for pattern matching and text extraction
• Feature : Shows split into two separate programs over midnight can now be combined into one program
• Change : a wider range of title links can now be followed to load full descriptions
• Change : Maximum full description downloads increased to 300/day. Downloads are better spread across all channels.
• Bug fix : fix for looping problem with Finland listings
• Bug Fix : fix for multi-day schedules starting on a day other than Monday

• Feature : Title and description text can now be optionally trimmed to a maximum length
• Bug fix : programs with no title will not be written to the xmltv.xml file (Primarily to fix a problem with the Israel feed)

• Summer-time start/end processing is fixed (seriously broken in 1.0057)
• Manually defined shows is fixed (broken in 1.0065)
• The xmltv.xml file is no longer held open while downloading listings
  This was causing errors in some EPGs when they attempted to periodically access the file.
• Improvements in handling of grid-style listings with multiple days on one page

Updates to country configuration files:

• hong kong NOW broadband TV listings available
• updated configuration file for germany
• finland configuration file fixed

• East Asia character-set support
• Enhanced title processing to better support series recognition
• and much more

Numerous updates to the country configuration files are in progress:

• belgium - improved listings source
• china - broadcast tv (cctv) listings
• czech republic (changed format)
• iceland (fix for incorrect charset specified in the listing html meta data)
• israel - fix to one feed for missing shows
• hong kong - chinese language listings for broadcast tv
• netherlands (changed site urls)

• Several bug fixes...
• Occasional missing stop= attribute in the xmltv file now fixed
• Old html files are deleted from the cache
• Enhanced pattern-matching options available in the .ini file

This release contains fixes essential for use with Media Center Edition.

• TVxb now runs in the background with wget windows hidden
• Can now import an externally-generated xmltv file and combine with TVxb's xmltv file

• Fix for a minor case handling bug. Refer to the release notes for more information.

• Fix for a minor bug in manual show processing introduced in 1.0048

• XMLTV file start and stop attributes now include seconds for WebGuide and Media Center Edition compatibility
• Multiple <display-name> elements can now be specified for each channel in the xmltv file to facilitate with physical channel mapping
• Filler shows added to fill any gaps in the schedule
• Handling of out-of-sequence shows improved

Iceland channels updated and title/description handling improved
Slovakia listing accuracy improved

• Support for new schedule formats and counter-based date strings in the URL
• Optionally produce xmltv.xml file without CR/LFs
• Pre and post commands can be specified to run before and after TVxb
• A channel logo icon can be specified for each channel
• The url of the listing source now in the xmltv.xml file

Malaysia channel definitions updated due to URL change
Singapore and Czech listings now supported

• Follows HTML links to load full descriptions from other pages
• Improved handling of listings not in correct time order
• Extra features for removing unwanted text from show titles

• Support for bi-directional text such as Hebrew
• (Mostly) automatic adjustment for daylight saving
• Support for overlapping schedules

• Support for UTF-8 encoding, character-set conversion and several bug fixes