On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, El-al, Netta wrote:
> hi,
> i got a 50x cdrom a few months ago and every time i listened to mp3s on cds
> using xmms it made a horrible tractor noise that drowned out all the music.
> not to long ago i noticed that the noise stopped. i don't know if it was
I have noticed "Cyb
> I have noticed "Cyberdrive" drives have this problem throughout their
> line, and more so on high speed models (a whoosh sound like a
> jet taking
> off). but tractor? and only on xmms?
I guess Xmms was misconfigured in a way that added the tractor sound - and
mandrake reconfigured it in the r
1) It is not a Linux problem.
2) Instead of buying the fastest CD-ROM, by a good one
(my Toshiba x 40 cost 50 Sheqels more then Unknown x 50, but it is
GOOD).
3) Try to change the "read ahead" or some sound-like parameters. If you will
Increase your buffer then maybe it won't try to alloca
no, it didn't only make the noise on xmms, it only stopped making the noise
on xmms. if i "ls /mnt/cdrom" for example then it does make that noise. i
guess it is only some reconfiguration of the buffers in xmms. jets taking
off can sound like tractors, i guess ,if their take off lasts longer than
On the other hand, MY 24x toshiba couldn't grab audio in a satisfying
speed, couldn't read some of the CD-Rs and broke down 3 times within the
warrany period.
I have a second drive (which is a 12x CyberDrive) which still works to this
very day.
How about that?
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On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Isaac Aaron wrote:
>
> On the other hand, MY 24x toshiba couldn't grab audio in a satisfying
> speed, couldn't read some of the CD-Rs and broke down 3 times within the
> warrany period.
> I have a second drive (which is a 12x CyberDrive) which still works to this
> very day.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Ariel Biener wrote:
> I have 3 Toshibas, one x32, one x40, and one x16. All work for a long
> time. Also. Matshita panasonic drives work flawlessly. Also, and
> regardless ... scsi cd drives work better :)
defenitely. I have a x32 Plextor (rips audio at x24) and my trusty
x20
On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 14:18:56 +0200 (IST), Ira Abramov
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Ariel Biener wrote:
>
>> I have 3 Toshibas, one x32, one x40, and one x16. All work for a long
>> time. Also. Matshita panasonic drives work flawlessly. Also, and
>> regardless ... scsi cd drives
