gnomebaker audio CD copy verrrrry slow

[Marek Pawinski]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
>>Having a lot of under-runs is a good indication of DMA not working.
>>Re-check that DMA is turned on for that device "sudo hdparm /dev/cdrw".
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>>Ziyad.
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> I just did that to my CD player and to my horror it said that DMA was
> NOT on ! Can't believe it, I never had to complain of anything with my
> drive. Now I am wondering, maybe I would be even happier if I could turn
> it on ?! :o)
> For example when I ripped all my CD's, I got about x4 speed, which was
> perfectly fine by me, but I read on this list that people find this slow
> and manage a lot more with DMA ?! That may also fix my problem with DVD,
> some times it's jerky, and I read here too, that it could be due to lack
> of DMA.
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> So I read "man hdparm", and then tried a "sudo hdparm -d /dev/hdc"
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> But then when I check back, DMA is always off, it won't come one.
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> How is one supposed to proceed to enable DMA on a bloody CD drive ?
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> Regards,
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> Vince
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sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc