[mythtv-users] DVD Drive slow down in Gutsy

[Mark Murray]

I was having the same problem, until someone on this list posted a
link to a little program called 'speedcontrol'.  Worked like a charm!

Here's the link to the post:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/293821?search_string=speedcontrol;#293821

And directly to the program:
http://noto.de/speed/speedcontrol.c

This is the command I put into /etc/rc.local to set the speed at each
boot up: `/usr/local/bin/speedcontrol -x 2 /dev/dvd`

YMMV since not all hardware will respond in the same way.  I'm using
an NEC DVD R/RW drive and it works great.

Mark

On 10/31/07, Damian O'Sullivan <damian.osullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone on the list got their DVD drive to slow down while watching DVDs
> with mythtv on gutsy (mythbuntu)? I have tried the latest SVN and the
> mythbuntu packaged myth and neither works. I think it may be a kernel
> problem. It makes the DVD player impossible to use as the noise is very
> loud. I have tried setcd, hdparam and eject and none work.
>
> Thanks,
>
> D.
>
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Mark Murray