Could you be any more blunt about this? Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc)
No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On Jan 25, 2012 3:39 PM, "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 > incredibly effective. > > > I have never heard of those timestamps being used to synchronize > > multiple endpoints. > > I'm sure there are many thing in the Universe of which you have not heard. > This does not mean they do not exist. > > > I have only ever seen them used to do synchronization within each > > device in the chain. > > This leaves us with one of two possible situations :- > > - Timestamps aren't used in this way > - You are not omniscient. > > Given that I've worked on these systems for quite a few years, I know > which one I believe to be true. > > Vic. > > > > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- >
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