Is there a way to have my clock always be one minute fast?

[presto]

I need my computer clock to be a minute or so fast so that I when I capture programs from TV I won't miss the very beginning. I know I can just set my clock ahead but I would like it to be synchronized with a time server so it won't drift.

I have a friend who likes to have all his clocks 5 minutes fast (seems silly to me). Still it seems like at least one of these time syncro programs would have thought of this but I haven't found one yet.

[holistic]

Tell the capture software to start @0059 (ie: 1 minute before the hour) for 0100 captures !

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[presto]

I'm using Guide Plus that comes with ATI All In Wonder. It allows you to click on the show in the guide and choose record. I could then go into the schedule and edit it so it starts a minute early. The problem is I don't want to have to do that for each show. That would defeat the convenience of the Guide Plus software.

Or are you saying there IS some way to tell the software to always start one minute early?

There is a program called Showshifter that is similar and it allows you to set what I think they call "padding" so that it will start early if possible. Showshifter does not capture in mpg so it is not of use to me.

[holistic]

O !
Was thinking along these lines : VirtualDub 1.4.9.2 VCR
http://www.virtualdub.net/

Won't help you with your 'guide' then.
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[thayne]

Set your PC clock ahead 1 min.

[presto]

I seem to have stumbled into the "state the obvious" forum.

If someone asked me how to defrag the computer automatically I wouldn't suggest that they just run defrag once in a while. Come On!

[ChrisX]

You should be doing like used to do and this is to preset the VCR 3 minutes before the TV show or movie starts. For example, 19.57 for 20.00.

This is impossible for me to do now, as the TV programs are always late here in Sydney. I don't usually bother now due to so many commercials.

A movie can start at 8.40pm instead of the advertised time of 8.30pm. I never use the timer recording on my PVR and I prefer manually start the capture and again stop the capture myself.

A movie capture can be too big and I normally capture a TV program up to say an hour. Anything longer than 60 minutes is too long and too big for the computer; in this case I use the VCR to record movies.

I store mostly musicvideos in the computer, not movies.

[RabidDog]

simple, for your problem set up a batch file that runs every time you reboot this would take in as a variable the current system time then add 1 min then reset the system time to this value.
Dont ask me how batch files are a little old hat for me.
time.bat
a%=systime
a%=a%+00:00:01:00 :rem 1 minute added
systime=a%
end

rough guide...

[presto]

Thanks RabidDog,
don't know anything about batch files but it sounds like what I want.

[presto]

Finally found a time sync program that lets you set any offset you want. Exactly what I was looking for.

http://www.analogx.com/welcome.htm

[jeex]

wouldnt it just be easier to set the bios/windows clock ahead one minute and disable windows time synch? y'know, instead of installing a program.

[presto]

wouldnt it just be easier to set the bios/windows clock ahead one minute and disable windows time synch? y'know, instead of installing a program.

That would be much easier. It just wouldn't work. Remember, I'm talking about seconds here. Set your clock today and then check it a week from now. Is it still accurate to the second? If it is you've got an unusually accurate system clock.