From: Miguel F. <mfr...@gm...> - 2004-05-25 19:38:25
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Hi Michael, On Sun, 23 May 2004 17:48:45 +0200, Michael Roitzsch <mr...@us...> wrote: > since today's CD and DVD drives can get quite noisy when they operate, I have > added the speed setting hdparm -E does to xine's cdda plugin. Patch is > attached. Could some developers please test this, before I commit it? I am > not sure this will work with all drives and if it does not work, I hope it > fails silently and does not crash or something. it seemed to have failed silently here. i mean, i can set the speed for this LG drive using hdparm but i don't hear any difference in noise or the led blinking. although i have used this option before in different computers and indeed it made the drive much quieter. i guess the only drawback is that drive would be speed limited if xine crashed, right? regards, Miguel |