[MPlayer-users] vobs

[Jan Knutar]

> BTW, hdparm can be used to slow your fast cdrom drive down to 10x or
> so, so that it doesn't make the "buzzsaw" sound during your movies.

The linux kernel's IDE code (in 2.4.18 atleast), or IDE chipset 
(Camino-something) or my CDRW (or all of the above) cause my computer 
to lockup unpleasantly at any tiny error on the cd, so I usually copy 
the whole file first :)