[ltp] Controlling dvd-drive speed

[Tino Keitel]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 23:07:04 +0300, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 09:48:35PM +0200, Tino Keitel wrote:

[...]

> > However, the SD-R 2412 is very silent while playing a DVD, whereas the
> > SD-C2512 makes a lot of noise, making it very hard to enjoy watching a
> > movie. When I tried to read to read a DVD (not playing it) using
> > 
> > dd if=/dev/cdroms/cdrom1 of=/dev/null bs=1024
> > 
> > it runs with full speed, regardless of the setcd -x setting.
> 
> BTW the speed setting is reset to the default after you load a different
> disc.  Did you try setcd before inserting a DVD, or did you try it after
> it was already loaded?

I tried setcd -x during dd was running. It works that way with the
CDROM.

Regards,
Tino