MediathekView

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| name = MediathekView

| logo = MediathekView Logo 2017.svg

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| screenshot = 20210423 09 05 29-MediathekView 13.7.1 - Überblick.png

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| developer = xaver_w and community

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| programming language = Java

| operating system = Windows, Linux, macOS

| platform = x86-64{{cite web |title=Version 13.6.0 |url=https://mediathekview.de/changelog/13-6-0/ |website=MediathekView |date=23 July 2020 |accessdate=23 July 2020 |language=German}}

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| language = German

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| genre = Broadcast downloader

| license = GPLv3{{cite web |title=LICENSE |url=https://github.com/mediathekview/MediathekView/blob/master/LICENSE.md |website=Github |accessdate=6 September 2019}}

| website = {{URL|https://mediathekview.de/}}

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/mediathekview/MediathekView}}

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MediathekView is a free open-source software designed to manage the online multimedia libraries of several German public broadcasters as well as an Austrian, a Swiss and a Franco-German public broadcaster. The software comes with a German user interface that lists broadcasts available online. In October 2016, the developer announced that maintenance of the project would be discontinued at the end of the year.{{cite web

| url=http://www.chip.de/news/MediathekView-Update-Neue-Version-vom-Mediatheken-Downloader_113882676.html

| title=Update für MediathekView: Mit Freeware TV-Sendungen offline gucken

| first1=Michael

| last1=Humpa

| first2=Matthias

| last2=Becker

| date=2017-12-29

| publisher=Chip

| language=German

| accessdate=2018-01-02}}{{cite web

|url = http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2215

|title = das wars, ...

|author = xaver_w

|date = 2020-01-19

|language = German

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161025133004/http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2215

|archivedate = 2016-10-25

|url-status = dead

|accessdate = 2018-01-02

}} Three weeks later, the user community had formed a team to continue the project, and the software continues to remain open-source.{{cite web

| url=http://zdfmediathk.sourceforge.net/

| title=MediathekView

| quote=Inzwischen hat sich ein Team zusammen gefunden, das das Programm als Community-Projekt weiterführt. Damit bleibt es frei verfügbar und kann auch weiter benutzt werden.

| language=German

| accessdate=2018-01-02}}

Functionality

Written in Java, the software searches for copies of broadcasts online and allows search results to be narrowed down using filters. The videos can be viewed online or downloaded. Any video player on a computer can be used for viewing and downloading. Channels can be subscribed to, allowing new broadcasts to be downloaded automatically.{{cite web

| url=https://www.heise.de/download/product/mediathekview-60659

| title=MediathekView 13.6.0

| date=2020-09-22

| publisher=Heise.de

| accessdate=2020-10-02}}

Broadcast Channels

Supported are Das Erste, ZDF, Arte, KIKA, 3sat, SWR, BR, MDR, NDR, WDR, hr, rbb, DW, ORF, SRF.

References

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