changeset 31750:d590a8d2386a

Remove subsection that describes how to tweak CD/DVD drives. It is getting outdated and outside the scope of MPlayer documentation.

--- a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml	Sun Jul 25 12:54:52 2010 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml	Sun Jul 25 13:16:05 2010 +0000
@@ -3,109 +3,6 @@
 <chapter id="cd-dvd">
 <title>CD/DVD usage</title>
 
-<sect1 id="drives">
-<title>CD/DVD drives</title>
-
-<para>
-Modern CD-ROM drives can attain very high head speeds, yet some CD-ROM drives
-are capable of running at reduced speeds. There are several reasons that might
-make you consider changing the speed of a CD-ROM drive:
-</para>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>
-  There have been reports of read errors at high speeds, especially
-  with badly pressed CD-ROMs. Reducing the speed can prevent data loss under
-  these circumstances.
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>
-  Many CD-ROM drives are annoyingly loud, a lower speed may reduce the noise.
-</para></listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
-
-<!-- ********** -->
-
-<sect2 id="drives_linux">
-<title>Linux</title>
-
-<para>
-You can reduce the speed of IDE CD-ROM drives with <command>hdparm</command>,
-<command>setcd</command> or <command>cdctl</command>. It works like this:
-<screen>hdparm -E <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
-<screen>setcd -x <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
-<screen>cdctl -bS <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable></screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If you are using SCSI emulation, you might have to apply the settings to the
-real IDE device, not the emulated SCSI device.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-If you have root privileges the following command may also help:
-<screen>echo file_readahead:2000000 &gt; /proc/ide/<replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable>/settings</screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This sets prefetched file reading to 2MB, which helps with scratched CD-ROMs.
-If you set it to too high, the drive will continuously spin up and down, and
-will dramatically decrease the performance.
-It is recommended that you also tune your CD-ROM drive
-with <command>hdparm</command>:
-<screen>hdparm -d1 -a256 -u1 <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>
-This enables DMA access, read-ahead, and IRQ unmasking (read the
-<command>hdparm</command> man page for a detailed explanation).
-</para>
-
-<para>
-Please refer to
-"<filename>/proc/ide/<replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable>/settings</filename>"
-for fine-tuning your CD-ROM.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-You may tweak the speed of SCSI CD-ROM drives with
-<command>sdparm</command>, you need version 1.03 or higher:
-<screen>sdparm --command=speed=<replaceable>[speed in kB/s]</replaceable> <replaceable>[cdrom device]</replaceable></screen>
-Speed must be specified in kilobytes per second, the drive will
-round it as appropriate. Please refer to the sdparm man page for
-details.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-There is also a dedicated tool that works for
-<ulink url="http://das.ist.org/~georg/">Plextor SCSI drives</ulink>.
-</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<!-- ********** -->
-
-<sect2 id="drives_freebsd">
-<title>FreeBSD</title>
-
-<para>speed:
-<screen>
-cdcontrol [-f <replaceable>device</replaceable>] speed <replaceable>[speed]</replaceable>
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-<para>DMA:
-<screen>
-sysctl hw.ata.atapi_dma=1
-</screen>
-</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
-</sect1>
-
-
-<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -->
-
 
 <sect1 id="dvd">
 <title>DVD playback</title>

--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml	Sun Jul 25 12:54:52 2010 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml	Sun Jul 25 13:16:05 2010 +0000
@@ -852,8 +852,7 @@
 </para></question>
 <answer><para>
 Use the <option>-cache</option> option (described in the man page) and try
-enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the <command>hdparm</command> tool
-(described in the <link linkend="drives">CD chapter</link>).
+enabling DMA for the DVD drive with the <command>hdparm</command> tool.
 </para></answer>
 </qandaentry>