On Tuesday 13 June 2006 02:12, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > is it possible with ivtv-0.6.2 (or possible at all)
> > > to get the correct time from the driver?
> > >
> > > It would be great to use ivtv in some way as a source
> > > for the system time, or better, adjust the system time
> > > according to some time received from the ivtv driver.
> > >
> > > Is something like that possible at the moment?
> > >
> > > If not, is it possible at all?
> >
> > What do you mean by 'correct time'?
>
> sorry for being unclear.
>
> By 'correct time' i mean what a human understands as 'time',
> for example that it is "13. of June 2006, 01:30".
>
> My PCs system clock that i use to capture MPEGs at a certain time
> is very inaccurate.
>
> On some channels in "video text" there are clocks available that
> tell me what date and time it is at the moment. I think in some
> other signals there is also a time encoded.
>
> Is it possible to somehow get that time and adjust the PCs system
> clock?
>
> If it is not possible i have to buy a DCF-77 receiver (i'm in europe)
> and tell NTPD to use this one as a time source. A DCF-77 receiver
> can be used as a source for NTPD. It receives data on 77 kHz and
> can reconstruct a very exact date/time from that.
>
> I did not think of receiving the VBI, i think this one is not very
> exact.
Select a proper public ntp server. Usually your internet provider has
one. That is the way to get an accurate system clock, not through video
text.
Hans
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