Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 25 January 2012 09:04, Bob Dunlop bob.dun...@xyzzy.org.uk wrote: Hi, On Tue, Jan 24 at 06:15, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: Does anyone have experience of both ntp and ptp ? Use NTP all the time and am planning to move to PTP for some deployments in the near future.  What are your actual

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread Gordon Scott
On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 09:43 +, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: My requirement is more of an experiment really. I would like to have ethernet connected speakers. (with a mini PC between ethernet and speaker) So, if you have two speakers that are separated, each being fed by the TCP/IP

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 25 January 2012 12:36, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote: Currently, to get the output of the two speakers synchronized, I would need each mini-PC to be well time synced together. This is a problem that has been solved in the MPEG Transport Stream. No it is not. The mpeg lip sync is only for the

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread Vic
This is a problem that has been solved in the MPEG Transport Stream. No it is not. Yes it is. The mpeg lip sync is only for the video and audio being processed in a single box. It's also used for things like SCTE35 insertion points. The timestamp system is used in many places through the

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 25 January 2012 13:49, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote: This is a problem that has been solved in the MPEG Transport Stream. No it is not. Yes it is. The mpeg lip sync is only for the video and audio being processed in a single box. It's also used for things like SCTE35 insertion points.

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread Vic
I thought that only worked when transmitted over a serial link, i.e. ATM or DVB. You thought wrong. It is not so effective on packet based links such as Ethernet. All headend distribution systems these days are Ethernet-based. It is incredibly effective. I have never heard of those

Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-25 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 25 January 2012 15:37, Vic l...@beer.org.uk wrote: I thought that only worked when transmitted over a serial link, i.e. ATM or DVB. You thought wrong. It is not so effective on packet based links such as Ethernet. All headend distribution systems these days are Ethernet-based. It is

[Hampshire] [OT] Computer says no

2012-01-25 Thread Chris Dennis
Helpful email no. 94, from the Co-op bank: If you have any queries about your application, please telephone us on: ${phone-number} (lines are open 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm Saturday and 9am - 4pm on Sunday). I just thought I'd share that. cheers Chris -- Chris Dennis