The DDU1615 is quite a fast (48x) DVDROM/CDROM drive - I was worried it might be a very slow drive.
I have an old DDU1613 (40x) - I installed in on an XP system and tested it and it worked OK with CDplayer. The DDU1615 is the next generation and I think should work as well. What is the firmware rev in the DDU1615. If you are not sure run "cdda2wav -scanbus" in a command prompt window. The 4 letter code after the SONY name is the rev. I think it should be something like FRS3 or GYS1 or GYS2. If your PC is a Dell there are firmware updates on the Dell site. The "-S 4" makes the drive run at 4x speed. To play a CD you only need 1x speed but to allow for buffering I chose 4x. I found if the drive ran at full aspeed (e.g. 40x 48x) - it would be reading ahead and if the user skipped tracks backwards - the drive had to slow down from a high speed, reposition and re-start. I found using 4x - skipping track had less delay. Also I couldn't get a Sony DVD-RW drive to work properly (same symptoms as you describe) until the speed was lowered. -- bpa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42106 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
