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A report from OSCON 2007

A report from OSCON 2007

Posted Aug 14, 2007 8:01 UTC (Tue) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)
In reply to: A report from OSCON 2007 by arjan
Parent article: A report from OSCON 2007

However mostoptical drives make a loud noise during spinnup or at maximum spin speed. This is highly conterproductive when reading audio or video (and a huge power drain besides)

It's much better to spin the media at a slow constant rate rather than stop and restart it all the time. Unless you can buffer long periods (at least 15-30 min of content)


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