[mythtvnz] Timesync via Sat.

David Zanetti mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Wed, 30 May 2007 08:38:50 +1200


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On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:23 +1200, Noel & Di wrote:

> Something to ponder. What would it take to make a script to hook the=20
> time out of the DVB-S stream instead of using a TCP-IP based webserver=20
> for time sync??  The STBs do this so it should be possible under MythTV,=20
> but I have no idea how to do this.

You're after a tool called 'dvbdate', in Debian it's part of the
dvb-utils package.

Note that it's not *that* accurate, very much sub-GPS or even well
sourced NTP. If you have a network connection, NTP is a better option.

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David Zanetti <dave2@wetstring.net>
http://hairy.geek.nz/

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