[mythtv-users] DVD drive noise

[Yann Lehmann]

Piotr Romanus wrote:
> hdparm -E does not seem to have any effect unfortunately. I also tried
> eject with -x option but no luck either. Is there any way to query the
> drive for the current speed?
> 

What kind of drive do you have: s-ata or p-ata ?

AFAIK, there is no "standard" way to reduce the noise of a sata dvd-drive 
(some brands can be made less noisy, but not all), and the hdparm option 
works only for pata drives.

Yann