las-vegas is a utility for generating SQL queries for the TV Guide Channel “Hollywood” software hastily written in Python by Sam (pjfrix; in other words, the person who wrote this guide.) It is licensed under the GNU Public License.
The name is a loose reference to various terminologies given to databases and applications in Hollywood.
The GitHub repository is located here.
To use this script, you will need to install Python for your system. It was written with Python 3.9 in mind, however should function the same in newer versions.
If you want to use this on Windows XP (i.e. within the same virtual machine as Hollywood), you will need to use this compiled build of Python 3.9 for Windows XP hosts. Please note that I do not maintain this fork.
When you first execute las-vegas, a list of options should appear:
usage: las_vegas.py [-h] [-i INPUT] [-o OUTPUT] [-c CHANNELS] [-p PROGRAMS] [-s]
Experimental Prevue Channel (Hollywood) listings parser with XMLTV.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
XMLTV formatted XML file
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
output SQL file. defaults to the same directory as XMLTV file
-c CHANNELS, --channels CHANNELS
maximum number of channels to parse. (default is null)
-p PROGRAMS, --programs PROGRAMS
maximum number of programs to parse per channel. (default is null)
-s, --start skip programs starting/airing before now
The following command will generate an SQL query for all programs and channels in the XMLTV file:
las_vegas.py -i (xmltv file) -o (sql query)
If you want to control how many channels you parse, use the --channels/-c option followed by the amount of channels you want to be parsed:
las_vegas.py -i (xmltv file) -o (sql query) -c 50
See Populating with current listings under the Hollywood VMware guide for further instructions.