2005-03-11, 02:49 PM
Never had this problem (that I know of anyway) until last night. Basically I was recording one channel with GB-PVR at 7:00-8:00pm, while watching another (not in GB-PVR), and then had another recording from 8:00-9:00pm on another channel. While the 7:00-8:00 program was recording, I checked my email on the PC, and noticed that my system clock was 4 minutes fast. My cable box has a clock on it, which sets automatically from my cable provider. It has always been right on, which matches my microwave clock and my local time&temp phone service. The PC's system clock was in sync before, but today was not.
I know that windows updates the clock with the internet time server automatically, and must have received a bad update time from them yesterday. Needless to say, I lost the last 4 minutes of the first show because of it, thanks MS. I cancelled the second recording, and post-padded it by 4 minutes to temporarily compensate. I contemplated switching the time provider to the .gov one, but I just said screw it and shut it off completely. I'm pretty confident my PC can keep accurate time all by itself.![[Image: wink.gif]](http://gbpvr.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif)
After all of this rambling, I do have an actual question though. While the 7:00-8:00 recording was going, what would have happenned if I were to reset my clock to where it should be? When the recording is started, is it pre-programmed at a set length, in this case a 1:00 block; or does GB-PVR check the system clock for the end-time and stop the recording based on it? I could care less either way, but I would like to know for reference.
I know that windows updates the clock with the internet time server automatically, and must have received a bad update time from them yesterday. Needless to say, I lost the last 4 minutes of the first show because of it, thanks MS. I cancelled the second recording, and post-padded it by 4 minutes to temporarily compensate. I contemplated switching the time provider to the .gov one, but I just said screw it and shut it off completely. I'm pretty confident my PC can keep accurate time all by itself.
After all of this rambling, I do have an actual question though. While the 7:00-8:00 recording was going, what would have happenned if I were to reset my clock to where it should be? When the recording is started, is it pre-programmed at a set length, in this case a 1:00 block; or does GB-PVR check the system clock for the end-time and stop the recording based on it? I could care less either way, but I would like to know for reference.
