Web PVR in v2.96 - Recording modes

Jim web web at audiomisc.co.uk
Tue Sep 13 02:02:38 PDT 2016


In article <262DA05846244D39BBF5815BB1301210 at RJCDESK>, RS
<richard22j at zoho.com> wrote:

> >I did some relative time comparisons some years ago. You can see the
> >results at http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/BBC/XHQ/TimeTravel.html

> That's an interesting article.  I guess the question is how far out of
> sync sound and vision can be before it becomes noticeable, and the
> answer is probably different for an orchestra than a face speaking.  A
> bass drum or cymbal could be the biggest challenge.  A 1s gap is likely
> to be a problem, but if it is just a 6ms drift that is a lot less than
> 1 frame.  Anyway it is probably easier just to take the HD from
> satellite or Freeview.

Yes. Of course, I can't comment on how 'typical' the measurements I did may
be. So the situation now for more programmes may be much better - or worse!
However it served to show that we can't necessarily rely on different
distribution routes being time synched.

Jim

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