CVS change done by Diego Biurrun CVS Update of /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en In directory mail:/var2/tmp/cvs-serv1597/en Modified Files: cd-dvd.xml Log Message: Slightly restructured, mention more tools, small fixes, cosmetics. Index: cd-dvd.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/mplayer/main/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml,v retrieving revision 1.14 retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15 --- cd-dvd.xml 14 Dec 2004 11:32:35 -0000 1.14 +++ cd-dvd.xml 1 Jul 2005 09:33:27 -0000 1.15 @@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ <sect1 id="drives"> <title>CD/DVD drives</title> -<para> -Linux documentation excerpt: -</para> <para> Modern CD-ROM drives can attain very high head speeds, yet some CD-ROM drives @@ -27,11 +24,20 @@ </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> +<sect2 id="drives_linux"> +<title>Linux</title> + <para> -You can reduce the speed of IDE CD-ROM drives with <command>hdparm</command> or a -program called <command>setcd</command>. It works like this: +You can reduce the speed of IDE CD-ROM drives with <command>hdparm</command>, +<command>setcd</command> or <command>cdctl</command>. It works like this: <screen>hdparm -E <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen> <screen>setcd -x <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen> +<screen>cdctl -bS <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable></screen> +</para> + +<para> +If you are using SCSI emulation, you might have to apply the settings to the +real IDE device, not the emulated SCSI device. </para> <para> @@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ If you set it to too high, the drive will continuously spin up and down, and will dramatically decrease the performance. It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive with <command>hdparm</command>: -<screen>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 <replaceable>cdrom device</replaceable></screen> +<screen>hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen> </para> <para> @@ -63,11 +69,30 @@ <ulink url="http://das.ist.org/~georg/">Plextor SCSI drives</ulink>. </para> -<para>FreeBSD:</para> -<para>Speed: <command>cdcontrol [-f <replaceable>device</replaceable>] speed <replaceable>speed</replaceable></command></para> -<para>DMA: <command>sysctl hw.ata.atapi_dma=1</command></para> +</sect2> + + +<sect2 id="drives_freebsd"> +<title>FreeBSD</title> + +<para>speed: +<screen> +cdcontrol [-f <replaceable>device</replaceable>] speed <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable> +</screen> +</para> + +<para>DMA: +<screen> +sysctl hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 +</screen> +</para> + +</sect2> + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="dvd"> <title>DVD playback</title> <para> @@ -245,6 +270,8 @@ </para> </sect1> + + <sect1 id="vcd"> <title>VCD playback</title> <para>