"Stuttering" DVD Playback

[paroxetine at mmhmm.org]

Quoting Peter Mels <pmaechler at gmx.net>:

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> paroxetine at mmhmm.org schrieb:
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>   Hello:
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> I am using Xine to playback DVDs. The problem I am having is that while
> playing
> the DVD, there is a constant stuttering that occurs. This problem does not
> happen in Windows but it is happening in my Ubuntu installation (and may or
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> not happen in other Linux distributions--I would not know because I only
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> Ubuntu installed).
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> Anyone have any tips on solving this problem? Thanks in advance.
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> /Edwin
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> If you have problem with cd/dvd's playback you have to enable DMA.
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> So open a console and type "sudo gedit /etc/hdparm.conf" (without "")
> and add these lines at the end of the file.
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> /dev/cdrom {
> 	dma = on
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> Where "/dev/cdrom" you can add your device. Then restart your pc (don't
> know if there's a script that does the same... ) and play again the dvd!
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Thank you very much. I can not wait to get home from work to give this a try!