Author: bircoph Date: Mon Feb 23 06:23:12 2009 New Revision: 28706 Log: Update some statements: 1) Suggest larger read ahead buffer. 2) Note how sdparm may be used to adjust scsi device speed.
Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Modified: trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml ============================================================================== --- trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Mon Feb 23 06:16:48 2009 (r28705) +++ trunk/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml Mon Feb 23 06:23:12 2009 (r28706) @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If you set it to too high, the drive wil will dramatically decrease the performance. It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive with <command>hdparm</command>: -<screen>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen> +<screen>hdparm -d1 -a256 -u1 <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen> </para> <para> @@ -68,8 +68,16 @@ for fine-tuning your CD-ROM. </para> <para> -SCSI drives do not have a uniform way of setting these parameters (Do you know -one? Tell us!) There is a tool that works for +You may tweak the speed of SCSI CD-ROM drives with +<command>sdparm</command>, you need version 1.03 or higher: +<screen>sdparm --command=speed=<replaceable>[speed in kB/s]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen> +Speed must be specified in kilobytes per second, the drive will +round it as appropriate. Please refer to the sdparm man page for +details. +</para> + +<para> +There is also a dedicated tool that works for <ulink url="http://das.ist.org/~georg/";>Plextor SCSI drives</ulink>. </para> </sect2> _______________________________________________ MPlayer-DOCS mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-docs
