Reducing optical drive when playing audio CDs

[Hervé Fache]

This is usually done by the application: xine does that.

Hervé.

On 12/10/06, Michael Williams <williams at astro.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> How do I reduce the noise made by my PC's optical drive when listening
> to audio CDs? The PC runs Dapper. "hdparm -E [low number]" isn't working
> and, according to its man page, it shouldn't be necessary.
>
> I know it's possible for an OS to adapt the optical drive speed based on
> context, since OS X manages to play audio CDs without sounding like a
> jet engine (as does Windows, I think, although it's been a while!).
>
> However, with the hdparm -E switch set, the drive still sounds like it's
> spinning very quickly. Also, that switch permanently lowers the speed,
> which also reduces the speed for data discs. According to the man page
> it should not be required for normal operation.
>
> My understanding is that this is an OS-level issue, but I have tried
> more than one audio CD application (Sound Juicer, Rhythmbox, xmcd). For
> unrelated reasons, I don't want to encode the CDs as MP3s and play them
> from my hard drive. The PC is only a few months old and a good quality
> IBM model. The drive is apparently a Lite-on DVD SOHOD 16P9-S.
>
> -- Mike
>
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