Kaffeine playback jerky

[Knapp]

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>> Billie Walsh schrieb:
>>
>>
>>> I just noticed that even the mouse motion is jerky while the DVD is playing.
>>>
>>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> just another thought.
>> Maybe a DMA Issue?
>>
>> Is your dvd set to use DMA.
>> to find out, try
>>
>> sudo hdparm /dev/yourDVDdevice
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Eberhard
>>
>>
>>
> I get basically nothing.
>
> /dev/scd0:
>  IO_support    =  0 (default)
> 16-bit)
>  HDIO_GET_UNMASKINTR failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>  HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>  HDIO_GET_KEEPSETTINGS failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>  readonly      =  0 (off)
>  readahead     = 256 (on)
>  HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> I don't know what an "ioctl" is either.
>
> Tried it with a disk in the drive and not in. Same results either way.
>
> Looking in /dev I see cdrom2, cdrom3, cdrw2, cdrw3, dvd2, dvd3, dvdrw2
> listed. I have one (1) cd/dvd combo drive and one (1) dvdrw drive.
> Mostly I use the dvdrw.
>
> I'm wondering if there's an issue of system resources. Playing a disc in
> my laptop [ 8.04/3.5.9 - 1.8GHz 4gig ] the hard drive and DVD lights
> just flicker every once in a while. Same on my winders box. BUT, in my
> main computer [ 8.04/3.5.9 - 3GHz 2gig ] the hard drive light in on
> continuous as well as the DVD light.
>
> --
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I get the same result with that command but mine plays well still.
There is still this clash between old and new ways going on even from
the helpers.


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Douglas E Knapp

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