[mythtv-users] SLow CD Reads

[Brent Norris]

You may have already done this, but RH by default will not let you
enable DMA on cd drives.  You need to add this to modules.conf

options ide-cd dma=1

that usually helps this out a lot.

On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 00:22, Cedar McKay wrote:
> 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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