[mythtv] Slowdown your DVD/CD-ROM drive?

[David Klotz]

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