[mythtv-users] OT: SP130000 clock runs fast

Kevin Kuphal kuphal at dls.net
Sat Dec 2 00:47:48 UTC 2006


R. G. Newbury wrote:
> David Watkins wrote:
>   
>> On 30/11/06, Jeff Wormsley <daworm at comcast.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> R. G. Newbury wrote:
>>>       
>>>> And yes I know about ntp. The box is not connected to the 'net in any way.
>>>>         
>>> Then where do you get your guide data?
>>>       
>> Possibly using the 'Over the Air' EIT guide?  Which make me wonder,
>> maybe there's a time check in that data.  My old VCR used to
>> automatically set its clock.
>>
>> Maybe you can strip it out
>>     
>
> That's an interesting idea about time data in the stream. I don't know 
> if there is any EIT data on analog cable or on the digital channels on 
> the cable. In fact I know basiscally nothing about EIT except that it 
> exists and people in other places far far away make use of it...
> More research required. And my older VCR used to do that too, but not 
> the newer one.
>
> But that's not how I get guide data. See prior post.
>   
I believe that IVTV or other sources used to have a program that would 
set your clock using the XDS data in US broadcasts and I know there was 
a like program on the DVB side to set time based on information from DVB 
sources.

Kevin


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