Guide2Go is written in Go and creates an XMLTV file from the Schedules Direct JSON API.
Configuration files from version 1.0.6 or earlier are not compatible!

• 3x faster
• Less memory
• Smaller cache file

• Cache function to download only new EPG data
• No database is required
• Update EPG with CLI command for using your own scripts

• Schedules Direct Account
• Go to build the binary
• Computer with 1-2 GB memory

The following command must be executed with the terminal / command prompt inside the source code folder.
Linux, Unix, OSX:

go build -o guide2go

Windows:

go build -o guide2go.exe

Switch -o creates the binary guide2go in the current folder.

guide2go -h

-config string
    = Get data from Schedules Direct with configuration file. [filename.yaml]
-configure string
    = Create or modify the configuration file. [filename.yaml]
-h  : Show help

guide2go -configure MY_CONFIG_FILE.yaml
If the configuration file does not exist, a YAML configuration file is created.

Configuration file from version 1.0.6 or earlier is not compatible.

2020/05/07 12:00:00 [G2G  ] Version: 1.1.2
2020/05/07 12:00:00 [URL  ] https://json.schedulesdirect.org/20141201/token
2020/05/07 12:00:01 [SD   ] Login...OK

2020/05/07 12:00:01 [URL  ] https://json.schedulesdirect.org/20141201/status
2020/05/07 12:00:01 [SD   ] Account Expires: 2020-11-2 14:08:12 +0000 UTC
2020/05/07 12:00:01 [SD   ] Lineups: 4 / 4
2020/05/07 12:00:01 [SD   ] System Status: Online [No known issues.]
2020/05/07 12:00:01 [G2G  ] Channels: 214

Configuration [MY_CONFIG_FILE.yaml]
-----------------------------
 1. Schedules Direct Account
 2. Add Lineup
 3. Remove Lineup
 4. Manage Channels
 5. Create XMLTV File [MY_CONFIG_FILE.xml]
 0. Exit

Follow the instructions in the terminal

1. Schedules Direct Account:
   Manage Schedules Direct credentials.

2. Add Lineup:
   Add Lineup into the Schedules Direct account.

3. Remove Lineup:
   Remove Lineup from the Schedules Direct account.

4. Manage Channels:
   Selection of the channels to be used. All selected channels are merged into one XML file when the XMLTV file is created. When using all channels from all lineups it is recommended to create a separate Guide2Go configuration file for each lineup.
   Example:
   Lineup 1:

guide2go -configure Config_Lineup_1.yaml

Lineup 2:

guide2go -configure Config_Lineup_2.yaml

5. Create XMLTV File [MY_CONFIG_FILE.xml]:
   Creates the XMLTV file with the selected channels.

Account:
    Username: SCHEDULES_DIRECT_USERNAME
    Password: SCHEDULES_DIRECT_HASHED_PASSWORD
Files:
    Cache: MY_CONFIG_FILE.json
    XMLTV: MY_CONFIG_FILE.xml
Options:
    Poster Aspect: all
    Schedule Days: 7
    Subtitle into Description: false
    Insert credits tag into XML file: true
    Rating:
        Insert rating tag into XML file: true
        Maximum rating entries. 0 for all entries: 1
        Preferred countries. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. Leave empty for all systems:
          - DEU
          - CHE
          - USA
        Use country code as rating system: false
    Show download errors from Schedules Direct in the log: false
Station:
  - Name: Fox Sports 1 HD
    ID: "82547"
    Lineup: USA-DITV-DEFAULT
  - Name: Fox Sports 2 HD
    ID: "59305"
    Lineup: USA-DITV-DEFAULT
  ...

- Account: (Don't change)
Schedules Direct Account data, do not change them in the configuration file.

- Flies: (Can be customized)

Cache: /Path/to/cach/file.json  
XMLTV: /Path/to/XMLTV/file.xml  

- Options: (Can be customized)

Poster Aspect: all

• all: All available Image ratios are used.
• 2x3: Only uses the Image / Poster in 2x3 ratio. (Used by Plex)
• 4x3: Only uses the Image / Poster in 4x3 ratio.
• 16x9: Only uses the Image / Poster in 16x9 ratio.

Some clients only use one image, even if there are several in the XMLTV file.

Schedule Days: 7

EPG data for the specified days. Schedules Direct has EPG data for the next 12-14 days

Subtitle into Description: false

Some clients only display the description and ignore the subtitle tag from the XMLTV file.

true: If there is a subtitle, it will be added to the description.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<programme channel="guide2go.67203.schedulesdirect.org" start="20200509134500 +0000" stop="20200509141000 +0000">
   <title lang="de">Two and a Half Men</title>
   <sub-title lang="de">Ich arbeite für Caligula</sub-title>
   <desc lang="de">[Ich arbeite für Caligula]
Alan zieht aus, da seine Freundin Kandi und er in Las Vegas eine Million Dollar gewonnen haben. Charlie kehrt zu seinem ausschweifenden Lebensstil zurück und schmeißt wilde Partys, die bald ausarten. Doch dann steht Alan plötzlich wieder vor der Tür.</desc>
   <category lang="en">Sitcom</category>
   <episode-num system="xmltv_ns">3.0.</episode-num>
   <episode-num system="onscreen">S4 E1</episode-num>
   <episode-num system="original-air-date">2006-09-18</episode-num>
   ...
</programme>

Insert credits tag into XML file: false

true: Adds the credits (director, actor, producer, writer) to the program information, if available.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<programme channel="guide2go.67203.schedulesdirect.org" start="20200509134500 +0000" stop="20200509141000 +0000">
   <title lang="de">Two and a Half Men</title>
   <sub-title lang="de">Ich arbeite für Caligula</sub-title>
   ...
  <credits>
    <director>Jamie Widdoes</director>
    <actor role="Charlie Harper">Charlie Sheen</actor>
    <actor role="Alan Harper">Jon Cryer</actor>
    <actor role="Jake Harper">Angus T. Jones</actor>
    <actor role="Judith">Marin Hinkle</actor>
    <actor role="Evelyn Harper">Holland Taylor</actor>
    <actor role="Rose">Melanie Lynskey</actor>
    <writer>Chuck Lorre</writer>
    <writer>Lee Aronsohn</writer>
    <writer>Susan Beavers</writer>
    <writer>Don Foster</writer>
</credits>
   ...
</programme>

Rating:
        Insert rating tag into XML file: true
        ...

true: Adds the TV parental guidelines to the program information.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<programme channel="guide2go.67203.schedulesdirect.org" start="20200509134500 +0000" stop="20200509141000 +0000">
  <title lang="de">Two and a Half Men</title>
  <sub-title lang="de">Ich arbeite für Caligula</sub-title>
  <language>de</language>
  ...
  <rating system="Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft">
    <value>12</value>
  </rating>
   ...
</programme>

false: TV parental guidelines are not used. Further rating settings are ignored.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<programme channel="guide2go.67203.schedulesdirect.org" start="20200509134500 +0000" stop="20200509141000 +0000">
  <title lang="de">Two and a Half Men</title>
  <sub-title lang="de">Ich arbeite für Caligula</sub-title>
  <language>de</language>
   ...
</programme>

Rating:
        ...
        Maximum rating entries. 0 for all entries: 1
        ...

Specifies the number of maximum rating entries. If the value is 0, all parental guidelines available from Schedules Direct are used. Depending on the preferred countries.

Rating:
        ...
        Preferred countries. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. Leave empty for all systems:
          - DEU
          - CHE
          - USA
        ...

Sets the order of the preferred countries ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.
Parental guidelines are not available for every country and program information. Trial and error.
If no country is specified, all available countries are used. Many clients ignore a list with more than one entry or use the first entry.

If no country is specified:
If a rating entry exists in the same language as the Schedules Direct Lineup, it will be set to the top. In this example German (DEU).

Lineup: DEU-1000097-DEFAULT
1st rating system (Germany): Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft

...
<rating system="Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft">
  <value>12</value>
</rating>
<rating system="USA Parental Rating">
  <value>TV14</value>
</rating>
...

Rating:
        ...
        Use country code as rating system: false

true:

<rating system="DEU">
  <value>12</value>
</rating>
<rating system="USA">
  <value>TV14</value>
</rating>

false:

<rating system="Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft">
  <value>12</value>
</rating>
<rating system="USA Parental Rating">
  <value>TV14</value>
</rating>

Show download errors from Schedules Direct in the log: false

true: Shows incorrect downloads of Schedules Direct in the log.

Example:

2020/07/18 19:10:53 [ERROR] Could not find requested image. Post message to http://forums.schedulesdirect.org/viewforum.php?f=6 if you are having issues. [SD API Error Code: 5000] Program ID: EP03481925

guide2go -config MY_CONFIG_FILE.yaml

The configuration file must have already been created.