diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml index 480ff09312..7cdf80afec 100644 --- a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml @@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ CD/DVD drives - -Linux documentation excerpt: - Modern CD-ROM drives can attain very high head speeds, yet some CD-ROM drives @@ -27,11 +24,20 @@ Many CD-ROM drives are annoyingly loud, a lower speed may reduce the noise. + +Linux + -You can reduce the speed of IDE CD-ROM drives with hdparm or a -program called setcd. It works like this: +You can reduce the speed of IDE CD-ROM drives with hdparm, +setcd or cdctl. It works like this: hdparm -E [speed] [cdrom device] setcd -x [speed] [cdrom device] +cdctl -bS [speed] + + + +If you are using SCSI emulation, you might have to apply the settings to the +real IDE device, not the emulated SCSI device. @@ -44,7 +50,7 @@ This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs. 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 hdparm: -hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 cdrom device +hdparm -d1 -a8 -u1 [cdrom device] @@ -63,11 +69,30 @@ Tell us!) There is a tool that works for Plextor SCSI drives. -FreeBSD: -Speed: cdcontrol [-f device] speed speed -DMA: sysctl hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 + + + + +FreeBSD + +speed: + +cdcontrol [-f device] speed [speed] + + + +DMA: + +sysctl hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 + + + + + + + DVD playback @@ -245,6 +270,8 @@ to set the region code of your DVD drive (under Linux). + + VCD playback