[mythtv-users] the lost minute

[Claude Gélinas agr.]

Le samedi 14 avril 2007 à 12:33 -0400, Michael T. Dean a écrit :
> On 04/14/2007 09:00 AM, Claude Gélinas agr. wrote:
> > Le samedi 14 avril 2007 à 00:47 -0400, Michael T. Dean a écrit :
> >   
> >> On 04/14/2007 12:24 AM, Claude Gélinas agr. wrote:
> >>     
> >>> It appear that when I'm watching TV or recording on mythtv the time is
> >>> going slower then it should.
> >>>
> >>> I manually adjust the time of two computer to the same hour and
> >>> gradually the mythtv computer is getting late. the time gradually shift
> >>> back on the mythtv machine. it end up that the recording are done at the
> >>> wrong time and the movies that I wanted to be recorded are replaced by
> >>> something else that is later on the same channel.
> >>>
> >>> how to fix that. Is it a mythtv or ivtv bug 
> >>>       
> >> Neither?  Sounds like a system configuration issue.  Are you running NTP?
> >>     
> > Yes, when I'm not watching TV the time remain OK 
> >
> > dmesg say :
> >
> > warning: many lost ticks.
> > Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging
> > interupts
> >
> >
> > Don't know if it have something to do with my time issue.
> 
> Sounds like either a driver issue (not necessarily ivtv, but their lists 
> are a better place to post than this one) or more likely a low-level 
> system configuration issue (as ivtv works for a lot of us) or you're 
> doing something like running CPU scaling or whatever.  Regardless, it's 
> not a Myth bug.
> 
> My recommendation is to check out the fora/lists for your distro and/or 
> ivtv.
> 
> Mike

Thanks a lot. As it is happening as I'm watching TV I suppose it have 
something to do with ivtv so I'll check that way. 
> 
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