dma on as default

[François Patte]

Paul Smith a écrit :
> On 8/28/06, François Patte <francois.patte at math-info.univ-paris5.fr> wrote:
> 
>> >> What is exactly your problem? Do you have SATA HD? Is it a laptop?
>> >
>> > Thanks, François. The problem is that if I do not set dma on, my dvd
>> > burner works _extremly_ slow. I do not have any SATA HD and it is not
>> > a laptop.
>>
>> Did you try hdparm -c1 /dev/hdx (where hdx is the device your dvd is
>> linked to)?
>>
>> And try burning a dvd.
>>
>> Can you read a dvd "normally" with xine without a lot of frame being
>> dropped?
> 
> 
> With
> 
> # /sbin/hdparm /dev/dvd
> 
> /dev/dvd:
> IO_support   =  1 (32-bit)
>  unmaskirq    =  1 (on)
> using_dma    =  1 (on)       <----- So dma is on now
>  keepsettings =  0 (off)
>  readonly     =  0 (off)
>  readahead    = 256 (on)
> HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> #
> 
> I can record and play video DVDs with no (apparent) problem. However,
> in the command line, with xine, I keep getting 'bad_frame'.

And the speed when burning CD/DVD?

-- 
François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université Paris 5 - Paris
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte