DVDS

Thanks to the help I got here on linuxforums, I'm watching DVDs. Now there is only one problem. They skip a little bit. How can I solve this?

Thanks a lot!

Do you have another DVD drive to test the DVDs? Also, are the DVDs scratched or dirty?

No. The dvds are fine and so is the drive. Actually there is this option in kaffeine. You type something in the console for better DVD playback (an option that can be on or off.) and to avoid skipping. I've forgotten that now. :(

as root do

Quote:

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hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd

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to enable dma on the drive, see if that does the trick

Thank you very much!!! That's the one. I did that and now the skipping has stopped.

I'm probably being a nuisance but I have two more questions.

Firstly, this thing will remain on untill I turn it off, or do i have to do this every time I reboot?

Secondly, what does this command mean?

Thanks once again.

You can enter the command in your .bashrc file which is located directly in your root directory.
Open the file and edit for example like:

Code:

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## Enable dma on dvd ##
hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd

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This will execute that command every time you login. It will not be in effect until you re-login though.