[mythtv-users] OT: SP130000 clock runs fast

[Kevin Kuphal]

R. G. Newbury wrote:
> OT: But this group has a lot of expertise with specialized hardware.
>
> The realtime clock on my Via SP130000 runs fast. If I let it go a week, 
> it will gain a full minute. This messes up the scheduling and I often 
> lose the last minute of a show, if the tuner is needed for another show.
>
> Does anyone know how/where I can adjust the clock settings, or if that 
> is even possible?
>
> And yes I know about ntp. The box is not connected to the 'net in any way.
>
> But BTW, it appears that our major networks do not know about ntp. The 
> local CTV cable news channel (Rogers 26) is consistently more than 10 
> seconds difference from the WeatherNetwork, on their on screen time feeds...
>   
Do you have another machine on the network that can run an NTP server 
that doesn't suffer from this drift?  Then you can have your Via be a 
client to that NTP server.

Kevin