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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. :) >>>> >>>> Just found this which might be of help... http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-592513.html There is C code on the site for a simple utility to set the drive read speed. Hope this helps. Rob -- 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