dma on as default

[Paul Smith]

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)
  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'.

Paul