[vdr] Re: DVD- & VCD-Plugin: Problems with Remote-Control dependingon hdparm-setting

["S. Ullrich" <vdr_ul@igt-gmbh.de>]

> > Thats strange, and maybe the point to look at. Why needs the DVD 
> > Plugin 20-35% on my system with Celeron 2000 ?!?
> > The DVD-ROM is attatched single at a IDE-Port.
> >
> > > i think it might be your (pci) hardware timing and or the kernel/libc 
> > > timing
> > > (do you use glibc 2.3, or 2.6 kernel, or gentoo ?)
> >
> > I have gcc 3.3, glibc 2.3.2, kernel 2.4.20 ( SuSE )
> >
> > Thanks
> >   Siggi
> n.p.
What does n.p. mean? no problem ?
> i just thought someone should answer,
Your help was very welcome, I hope you didnīt get me wrong at some part...
Nothing was ment in a offensively sense.
> since problems like that are reported
> frequently on the (german) vdr-portal.de, usually some ide/pci setting 
> is the cause.
Mhh, I posted this problem there, too. But I think also that this may 
have its reason in kind of IDE settings. I will try some different 
settings to see what happens.
Maybe I have to get a little deeper in the stuff with libdvdnav etc.
> also the dvd plugin has some special features, like the 
> read ahead (0 seems best), 
Never used this, maybe it changes something. Will give it a try, too.
there is a hdparm setting for read ahead too,
> if i remember it right, this depens on how fast your system is.
I tried that with -A 1 -a 32, but my DVD-drive doesnīt support this.
> I mentioned the glic version, because in newer redhat/mandrake systems 
> it uses the nptl, which leads to trouble, if the software is not aware 
> of it.
> a LD_ASSUME_KERNEL can help in that case, but i'm no expert for that, 
> seek google for better answers.
Havenīt heard of this till now, I will look at it next.

Thanks
  Siggi



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