[mythtv] NTP config

[Michael T. Dean]

Ben Rigby wrote:

>There seems to be a general feeling amongst Australian television
>channels that they can pretty much do as they please and the viewers
>will eat it up and come back for more anyway. Perhaps this is due to
>the fact there is only 3 commercial stations, plus two government
>sponsored channels (who behave much better). There isn't a lot to turn
>to when you get fed up with the treatment of viewers by one channel.
>
>They regularly run late. They mix repeats in with new series to pad
>them out. For example, I think one channel was padding out NCIS by
>alternating between a new episodes and old ones for most of this year.
>They often take programs off the air without any announcement, leaving
>you with no idea if they're ever going to come back to it. They also
>run series out of order. I have no idea how they think this benefits
>them, but they do it. They'll also cut bits out of programs to fit in
>more ads. Repeats of the Simpsons reguarly have scenes cut to allow
>more ads to be shown.
>
>Ok, that was a bit of a rant, but I think it might help for the devs
>to have an idea of what we're using Myth to deal with when they're
>making decisions about the future of Myth (eg. the cutting post-roll
>to 30secs debate).
>  
>
Of course, with only 5 channels, you could easily get 3 x PVR-150's (or 
even 4 or 5) and use hard start-early/end-late settings, which would be 
guaranteed to work--as opposed to soft padding, which may or may not 
work depending on other schedules...  ;)

Mike