add a format converter, i.e. to convert from lamedb to sat.xml files

the main destination format of this converter is a sat.xml file
easily extendable with further datasources

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diff --git a/tools/host_tools/FormatConverter/lamedb2satxml.py b/tools/host_tools/FormatConverter/lamedb2satxml.py
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+++ b/tools/host_tools/FormatConverter/lamedb2satxml.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+from datasource import genericdatasource
+from satxml import satxml
+from lamedb import lamedb
+
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+	print "usage: %s <lamedb> <satellites.xml>" % sys.argv[0]
+	sys.exit()
+
+gen = genericdatasource()
+db = lamedb(sys.argv[1])
+xml = satxml(sys.argv[2])
+
+db.read()
+gen.source = db
+gen.destination = xml
+gen.docopymerge(action = "copy")
+xml.write()
+