[Gllug] reading DVD is slow

[Rob Crowther]

Pooly wrote:
> But still when I
> read DVD, it's damn slow ! 20% of the CPU is used by mplayer, the
> other 80% by Xorg (the same when it was Xfree without dri/drm). Any
> hints on what I could do to have a smooth video ?

Assuming it's an IDE CDROM - have you got DMA enabled on the DVD player? 
  (hdparm would be the correct tool to check, I think)

Rob
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