Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:28:44 -0800 (PST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: Robert Golovniov <g-r-v@ukr.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Playing DVD Message-ID: <20040313142042.B57871@sotec.home> In-Reply-To: <200403131750.i2DHoBbS015321@gw.core> References: <200403131750.i2DHoBbS015321@gw.core>
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Robert Golovniov wrote: > Hello FreeBSD, > > I've followed the instruction in the handbook regarding playing > DVDs, but the playback is still not as smooth as I had it when > running on a Windows box. What steps can be taken to achieve a still > better quality? Have you enabled DMA on the DVD drive? It is turned off by default, and makes the drive really slow. If not, add hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" to /boot/loader.conf to enable DMA at next reboot. You can also manually enable DMA with "atacontrol mode". See atacontrol(8). $.02, /Mikko
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