[mythtv-users] OT: Very noisy DVD drive/burner

[Damian]

>The hdparm -E commands only set the CD read speeds, not the DVD read >speeds
>right? The speedcontrol.c option presented in the link above worked 
>well for
>me until the change to libata. With libata I haven't found a good 
>solution
>for slowing the optical drive. Curious if someone found a solution for 
>both
>CD and DVD and libata.

hdparm works for my DVD play speed, but maybe that has something to do
with it being an external USB drive? Don't know, but my daughter has
just been watching a DVD fine (except that it crashed a few times. Maybe
x2 isn't fast enough?)

Damian