.. title: Silent DVD Drive
.. slug: silent-dvd-drive
.. date: 2020-01-30 05:27:53 UTC+01:00
.. tags: linux
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DVD drives can be very noisy while watching a movie on DVD.
hdparm can reduce the maximum speed of the DVD drive.

.. code-block:: bash
      
    # we assume /dev/sdx is the DVD drive
    hdparm -E 9 /dev/sdx