Re: [blfs-support] Playing DVDs with vlc ?

2012-07-06 Thread Ken Moffat
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 07:10:30PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: In the vlc there is mention of using hdparm to turn on DMA - ah, the old days before libata, when the CD/DVD drive was /dev/hdX. Trying that on /dev/sr0 is, of course a no go [ invalid ioctl for device : I did actually try it ].

[blfs-support] Playing DVDs with vlc ?

2012-06-29 Thread Ken Moffat
My current system is working pretty well, but I have a few niggles. This is the first : when I play a DVD in vlc, it plays in bursts, with pauses between. That is, it plays for a little while, then reads the next part of the disk. This makes it unusable. In the vlc there is mention of using