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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:09:16 +0100 tom wrote: > Grant Sewell wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Just about to setup a "Media Centre" type machine (well, recycle an > > oldish but quiet and powerful-enough machine) and I was having a > > think... if watching a DVD on the machine directly (rather than > > ripping and watching the rip), the DVD drive will be in use during > > the movie. Is there a way to slow down the maximum speed a drive > > can work at? I don't particularly want it blaring away at 8x > > unnecessarily so. > > > > Cheers. > > Grant. :) > > > > > IIRC the DVD drive will run as fast as is necessary to dump the data > from it so slowing it down would cause problems. > If noise from the DVD is a problem could you put the DVD in another > machine (in another room) and access it via a fast network > connection? And then rip the data as you watch just in case you fall > asleep and feel you may want to re-watch it! Haven't seen a film > worth watching let alone re-watching for a while now... > Tom te tom te tom Alas, that would require at least 2 machines running just to watch a DVD. Currently we watch movies on the PS2, and that's too noisey too! Would a movie being watched in "realtime" (as opposed to being ripped and played) played at 1x or 2x not be perfectly acceptable? I was under the impression that the original DVD players (back when DVD movies were first introduced) played them at that speed fine. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html