---
name: "xml2vdr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvbtune"
version: "0.5.ds-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xml2vdr"
---

# xml2vdr(1)

Convert XML DVB-SI files to a VDR channel list

## NAME

xml2vdr — Convert XML DVB-SI files to a VDR channel list

## SYNOPSIS

**xml2vdr** *filename.xmlstat*

## DESCRIPTION

**xml2vdr** is a simple utility to convert XML DVB-SI files  into a channel list for VDR.

You can get DVB-SI output for a satellite by using dvbtune:

dvbtune -i

will generate the appropriate XML output to standard output.

##

## OPTIONS

The following options are understood by **xml2vdr**:

- \--help

  Print help message

- \--version

  Print version string

## SEE ALSO

[dvbtune(1)](/dvbtune/1.md), [vdr(1)](/vdr/1.md), [szap(1)](/szap/1.md).

## AUTHOR

**xml2vdr** was written by Dave Chapman  dave@dchapman.org.

This manual page was written by Alastair McKinstry mckinstry@computer.org for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU Free Documentation  License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free  Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover  Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.