Woodyanna
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎08-20-2023 09:45 AM

Time Syncing Clashes with Broadcasting Software in Windows on M2 Mac

I'm running Windows 11 with the tech preview on an M2 MacBook Air. I use broadcasting software called Station Playlist Studio (www.stationplaylist.com) to do Internet broadcasting. If I have the Synchronize Time option checked in Advanced settings for my VM, the clock in Windows begins losing time as soon as I start Station Playlist. By the time an hour has gone by, the clock is around 8 minutes slow. This does not happen if I uncheck the Synchronize Time option. That is a tolerable work-around, but I like the idea of being able to synchronize the Windows and Mac clocks, and if I'm experiencing this issue, it's possible it will happen with other software as well.

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Technogeezer
Immortal
Immortal
‎08-20-2023 10:36 AM

Did you disable Windows time sync from within the VM when you have Synchronize Time enabled in the VM's settings?

Settings > Time & Language > Date & Time > Set Time Automatically

If you have the host being synced with a reliable time source (Apple's) , and Windows in the VM is set to its default of Set Time Automatically to sync to a reliable Microsoft source, what's the need to keep the host and the guest synced with one another?

- Paul (Technogeezer)
Editor of the Unofficial Fusion Companion Guides
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Woodyanna
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎08-20-2023 03:23 PM

Thanks very much for the information, Paul. I'll try unchecking the automatic time setting and see if things work correctly. The main reason for syncing the two is that when I go to a different time zone, usually Windows continues to show my time zone while the Mac shows the correct one. This can get a bit confusing at times.

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ColoradoMarmot
Champion
Champion
‎08-21-2023 10:38 AM

Might also look into this: https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/08/windows-feature-that-resets-system-clocks-based-on-random-d...

 

I wonder how it interacts with Fusion's services.

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