Intergration of Time Synchronization

[Cheese_ME]

Would anyone else like to see SnapStream software able to Time Synchronize with the SnapStream servers?

I would love to see this as a feature in a future release. Every now and again I will find my PC's clock off just a few minutes. If you are recording a show and have a 1-3 minute pad (typically I use 2 or 3 minutes), when your system clock sometimes is off by as much as 5 minutes, you can end up missing the very begining of a show.

Now, my PC is usually good about keeping time, but for some reason about every other month, it decides to lose a few minutes of time and needs to be set properly. For this I have been using Karen's Time Sync http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptsync.asp to make sure my PC's clock is always set to the correct time, before finding out that it's off by missing the first few minutes of a recorded program. Another good program I've seen is PC Atomic Sync http://www.brigsoft.com/.

Although this Time Syncchronization software has solved my problem, I would love to see a similiar feature added to BeyondTV, so it could maintain an unstable system clock, like mine! It would be nice to have BeyondTV do a quick check perhaps 10-15 minutes before recording a show just to make sure your clock is set correctly, and adjust it accordingly if it's not.

Was jus wondering if anyone else has had a similiar problem with their system clock and wouldn't mind seeing this feature as well.

[Kilrsat]

Windows 2000 and XP already have built in NTP time synchronization abilities.

Check out this pdf for how to configure Windows 2000 and XP to use the NIST time servers:

http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/service/pdf/win2000xp.pdf


Instructions from Microsoft on how to change the update interval of the built in time service:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q223184/

[Cheese_ME]

Thanks for the links!