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 ].
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