- Experiment ID
2026-07-clips-ntp-clock- Experiment Type
- apex / user
- Analysis Summary
- Starts Discord’s network-synchronized clock for Clips recording instead of relying only on local timing.
- Why It Matters
- A shared time reference may help keep video, audio, and clip events aligned, but the user-visible improvement still needs measurement.
- Detailed Description
- The default does not start a separate network time source during the Clips connection flow.
- In the enabled variant, the Clips manager reads this setting after the connection opens and starts the desktop app’s synchronized clock.
- This does not add a visible button or setting; it is an internal timing change for recording.
- The current evidence does not measure how much clip delay or synchronization changes in practice.
- Focus Area
- Clips recording time synchronization
- Importance
- low
- Default Config
{
"useNtpClock": false
}- Variations
{
"1": {
"useNtpClock": true
}
}