[mythtv-users] SLow CD Reads

Joseph H. Fry joe at thefrys.com
Fri Mar 14 06:53:45 UTC 2003


I don't know if you can use the noatime option with the CDFS file system
but it might help, it essentially reduces read/write head activity, and
the lack of this setting was causing choppy video with mythtv on my box.

Good luck,

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of Cedar McKay
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:23 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] SLow CD Reads

I have the same problem. In addition, when playing from the cd in 
mythmusic it will play for 3-5 seconds, pause, and play for another few 
seconds and so on. I've been messing with dma settings (so far 0 and 1) 
which seems to have no effect. I have also been messing with hdc boot 
params. So far I've tried:
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
and
append="hdc=cdrom"


the first (which was the red hat default) didn't work at all. See my 
previous mythmusic pleas.

the second got it sort of working but I still have these pauses.


let me know if you figure anything out.


cedar


On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 10:03  PM, Nathan Ziarek wrote:

> In MythMusic, when ripping tracks, the % bars goes a few real quick - 
> like
> 1-3% and then stalls while the CD read light is on. Then it jumps a 
> little
> more...making it take 2-3minutes a track, which seems slow. It is a 
> 40X CD
> drive, but about 4 years old and from a lab machine; it got beat-up. 
> Is it
> the problem or could it be something incorrectly set uP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nate
>
>
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