Blazin 97 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Hey Guys, When looking at my SHOUTcast Administrator page lately, I am noticing that on the Songs Played page, the times the song played are wrong. The times are off by only about four to five minutes, not really a big deal but just wondering, does anyone know what causes this? Is it on my end or the hosts end? Thanks, Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoutcaststreaming Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Depending on whether you are live on Auto DJ it could be you or your host. On our broadcast PC, we use Atomic Clock Synch to keep the time current: http://download.cnet.com/Atomic-Clock-Sync/3000-18512_4-14844.html On your stream host servers, they should be using NTP to synch up. We use: http://clock.redhat.com SCS - Dedicated Bandwidth Servers Shoutcast / Icecast / Windows Media Transcoding - Auto DJ - Mobile Radio - FLASH Players - Auto DJ Broadcasting World's Stream Host of the Month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickSS Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 it depends on how the server is set up, i have seen thhis problem where vps servers are used and the host will need to correct it but beware it normally drifts off again. or it may just be the core server time is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKIye Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hi Justin, I agree with the answers on top of this It ain't for sure not your fault .. In general your shoutcastpage shows the "real time" of the server of your provider .. and not your realtime Its my experience that some providers are making a mess with the right time settings of their servers .. I know a station at The Netherlands and their SC page gives a difference of at least 15 minutes My SC page runs in general normal Visit and listen @ BW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icyshout Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 yeah if the host is running a xen vps then its definitly possible that the time sync gets off. What happens is the clock speed on the host server and the vps are slightly off and overtime the vps's time gets skewed, requiring a manual sync every few days... which rarley happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin 97 Posted July 29, 2009 Author Share Posted July 29, 2009 Thanks guys for all of the possible reasons It has apparently been fixed, maybe because the server was restarted the other day? Not sure, but it had been like this since I got the new server in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icyshout Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 you could always setup a cron job to reset the time or ntp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwdservices Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 you could always setup a cron job to reset the time or ntp Yeah but he would need access to the server which I doubt he has considering this is SHOUTcast, not web hosting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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