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On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 01:56, Christian Morant wrote:
> On Saturday 30 November 2002 07:43, Henk Poley wrote:
> > Is it possible under Linux to slowdown your DVD/CD-drives? I wouldn't like
> > it to have a blazing 48x drive in my video player.
> >
> > Henk Poley <><
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>
> I'd look at "man hdparm" option "-E"
>
> Like in : hdparm -E 2 /dev/hdc

Particularly the part about it being unnecessary :)


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William X Walsh <william@wxw.org>

On Son, 2002-12-01 at 11:21, Christian Morant wrote:
> > > I'd look at "man hdparm" option "-E"
> > > Like in : hdparm -E 2 /dev/hdc
> >
> > Particularly the part about it being unnecessary :)
>
> Maybe but... Do you have a more constructive answer ?

hdparm -E 4 /dev/dvd works fine for me (and is _really_ much more
quiet), AS LONG as there is a cd (not a dvd!) in the drive. as soon, as
i open the drive the setting reverts back to full speed. and it doesn't
work with dvd's, so it is only usefull for watching (s)vcds or
divx-avi's on cd. btw, i have a NEC DV-5700B.
is this a general problem, that you can't set the speed for dvd
playback, or may it be a problem with my dvd drive?
cya,
david

> Van: David Klotz <mtv@planetraven.de>
>
> On Son, 2002-12-01 at 11:21, Christian Morant wrote:
> > > > I'd look at "man hdparm" option "-E"
> > > > Like in : hdparm -E 2 /dev/hdc
> > >
> > > Particularly the part about it being unnecessary :)
> >
> > Maybe but... Do you have a more constructive answer ?
>
> hdparm -E 4 /dev/dvd works fine for me (and is _really_ much more
> quiet), AS LONG as there is a cd (not a dvd!) in the drive. as soon, as
> i open the drive the setting reverts back to full speed. and it doesn't
> work with dvd's, so it is only usefull for watching (s)vcds or
> divx-avi's on cd. btw, i have a NEC DV-5700B.
> is this a general problem, that you can't set the speed for dvd
> playback, or may it be a problem with my dvd drive?

No, it's the same with (at least older) speedsetting programs under
Windows. They only set the CD-speed. My windows util (from Nero)
automaticaly re-sets the value when a CD is inserted since some/most CD
players forget it when you press eject.

Henk Poley <><

On Sam, 2002-11-30 at 19:06, Henk Poley wrote:
> No, it's the same with (at least older) speedsetting programs under
> Windows. They only set the CD-speed. My windows util (from Nero)
> automaticaly re-sets the value when a CD is inserted since some/most CD
> players forget it when you press eject.

but there is a windows program from http://www.cd-bremse.de/ (sorry, the
site is in german only) that can set the dvd speed. at least it says so
on the homepage (just take a look at the screen shot), i haven't tested
the programm due to a lack of an installed windows os on my mythtv box.

cya,
raven

On Saturday 30 November 2002 07:43, Henk Poley wrote:
> Is it possible under Linux to slowdown your DVD/CD-drives? I wouldn't like
> it to have a blazing 48x drive in my video player.
>
> Henk Poley <><
> _______________________________________________
> mythtv-dev mailing list
> mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev


I'd look at "man hdparm" option "-E"

Like in : hdparm -E 2 /dev/hdc


Cheers

Christian

On Saturday 30 November 2002 09:09, William X Walsh wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 01:56, Christian Morant wrote:
> > On Saturday 30 November 2002 07:43, Henk Poley wrote:
> > > Is it possible under Linux to slowdown your DVD/CD-drives? I wouldn't
> > > like it to have a blazing 48x drive in my video player.
> > >
> > > Henk Poley <><
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > mythtv-dev mailing list
> > > mythtv-dev@snowman.net
> > > http://www.snowman.net/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-dev
> >
> > I'd look at "man hdparm" option "-E"
> >
> > Like in : hdparm -E 2 /dev/hdc
>
> Particularly the part about it being unnecessary :)

Maybe but... Do you have a more constructive answer ?

Christian