[mythtv-users] How slow can you go...

[Edward Wildgoose]

I have experimented with turning down the CD spindle speed (using hdparm -E or cdctl).  I find that x10 speed is the slowest I can go without having regular "skipping" during playback (about every 5 secs it stops for a short while).  Since this is obviously still quite a fast spin rate, and the skips are longer and longer the slower I go, I figure that the playback stuff works by reading a buffer load of data, consumes a proportion of it, then decides it needs some more, however, it is presumably leaving it a bit late...

Does anyone have any comment as to whether slower speeds work OK for them?  Is this a buffer issue on the drive, or a setup issue on the OS perhaps? (This is a Pioneer dvd-120s slot drive FWIW).

Also, is there any way to limit the speed of the drive when playing back DVD's?  Mine spins back up to full speed for DVD playback no matter what I set the CD spin speed.  Is this what happens for other people?  Would be nice to not have a really noisy 40x drive whiring away when watching a film in mplayer...

Thanks

Ed W