<solved> Suggestions on CD player for OpenBox on Dell Optiplex GX110

[katie]

Melodie:
For me xmms-cdread plays audio cd's better then smplayer, because with smplayer the audio stops and starts.  With xmms-cdread the audio is on all the time.

My experiences are a little mixed:  Xmms-cdread, skipped quite a bit as did smplayer (once I found it, thanks Melodie)-----  I thought VLC was going to be my answer as it worked great, for a few minutes, no skips-- but then stopped working altogether.  I'm beginning to wonder if 384 MegRam is just not enough with graphical interfaces.

However, cdp works great once I had the commands list jlf001 provided.

Strange though, how Open Office and Firefox work so well on this machine- but not a simple graphical CD player.  For my uses the two great programs far outweigh the fancier CD players.
thanks all- I'll mark it [solved] (and play with it a bit more down the line).
katie

[melodie]

However, cdp works great once I had the commands list jlf001 provided.

Strange though, how Open Office and Firefox work so well on this machine- but not a simple graphical CD player.  For my uses the two great programs far outweigh the fancier CD players.

Hi katie,

It's not only the ram and the cpu that will block the quality of audio reading, but the size of the cd reader connector. Try this command in console, to get information:

hdparm -i /dev/your_device (ie /dev/hdd, or /dev/hdc...) or maybe "hdparm -I /dev/your_device" (the man of hdparm suggests both)

then see if there is udma 100, udma 133 or else ? (ultra-dma connectors). bigger the number is, faster the transfer. Sometimes you can change it for a wider cable, depends on what is the motherboard.

[katie]

Hi katie,

It's not only the ram and the cpu that will block the quality of audio reading, but the size of the cd reader connector. Try this command in console, to get information:

hdparm -i /dev/your_device (ie /dev/hdd, or /dev/hdc...) or maybe "hdparm -I /dev/your_device" (the man of hdparm suggests both)

then see if there is udma 100, udma 133 or else ? (ultra-dma connectors). bigger the number is, faster the transfer. Sometimes you can change it for a wider cable, depends on what is the motherboard.

Hi, Melodie- and thanks;
In sakura I issue the commands (I tried both) and got the following response:

bash: hdparm: command not found

Also, is there a way to copy/paste from sakura?  I tried <ctrl><C> and nothing-- I know that in the KDE version there was a <copy> commander <edit><copy> but don't see those options in any of the editors listed.
katie

[melodie]

Hi,

$ hdparm
bash: hdparm : commande introuvable //command not found
$ su
Password:
# hdparm

hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters - version v9.28, by Mark Lord.

Usage:  hdparm  [options] [device] ..

Try as root.

copy/paste in Sakura: select your text with the left button of the mouse. Then right-clic, select the right-clic menu "copy" > paste it where you want.

That is more harsh if you use rxvt-unicode (also called urxvt) because all you have to do is select the text and go paste it somewhere else: with the middle button, or if you don't have one, with the 2 buttons pressed at same time.

[katie]

Here is my session---- not udma 100 or 133----- but 2!!  That can't be good

Also, thanks for the copy/paste info--- as a bad typist, that is very helpful (hi hi)
Katie

[root@localhost katie]# hdparm -i /dev/sr0

/dev/sr0:

 Model=SAMSUNG CD-ROM SN-124, FwRev=S003, SerialNo=
 Config={ SpinMotCtl Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=unknown, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2
 AdvancedPM=no

 * signifies the current active mode

[melodie]

Hi,

Try to look here what it says:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modesUDMA-c.html

at that frame : "Ultra DMA
Mode"

Maybe some research to the web would allow you to know if the motherboard for your machine can take another cable.