[ltp] DVD playback

Charles E Taylor IV tomalek at mindspring.com
Mon Apr 28 13:43:55 CEST 2003


On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:40:20 +0100
TSchutzerWeissmann at uk.imshealth.com wrote:

> Has anyone had success watching encrypted DVDs on a Thinkpad? I would
> love some good advice.  At the moment Xine works but it awfully slow.

Is DMA enabled on the DVD drive (check with hdparm)?  That's probably the
most common cause of slow/poor playback.

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