[ltp] DVD playback

[TSchutzerWeissmann at uk.imshealth.com]

Charles Taylor asked:

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

yes, I do hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc before I try. Also the video driver is xshm
(using XV gives me green goo).

DVD seems to be one of those things. I would use windows but I'm a bit stuck
because I wrote over my recovery partition and while I've restored the
contents I can't get it to boot. 

instead I could so some work on my pc but having paid for the damn thing
instills a certain stubborness in me (it should work it will work!) and
wastes eons of time.

thanks,
TomSW

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