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Nov 1 2009

DR3DO  Seems no to be working on a Mac Mini (Macmini3,1 | PIONEER DVD-RW DVRTS08) Homeserver (Mac OS X Server 10.6.1).  
(Version 0.4)

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Feb 2 2009

DHESS01  Nice idea. However, doesn't appear change drive speed with a DVD; only Audio CD. OSX Leopard v10.5.6, 2x Sony DVD RW DW-D150A.   
(Version 0.4)

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Dec 22 2008

HANASHRA  Hi, would like to have support of the Pioneer Superdrive DVR-K06 Firmware Q617, which was delivered with my Mac Mini. Sadfully, there are no different Speeds detected.

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(Version 0.4)

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Mar 27 2008

ONLYONE-JC  The systempref pane doesn't seem to display properly on 10.4.11:

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1659/discrotatewk3.png

Thanks,

onlyone-jc.  
(Version 0.4)

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Mar 27 2008

GEORG WACKER  Thanks for reporting. Is DiscRotate functional on 10.4 though?  
(Version 0.4)

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Feb 28 2008
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BROCK SAMSON  Does slowing the rotational speed down affect the read/write performance of my optical drive?  
(Version 0.2)

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Feb 29 2008

GEORG WACKER  Yes it does, at the lowest setting your drive will be working at 1x transfer speed, in most cases that is enough for audio-cds or dvds. If you get lost frames in video, simply give it a bit more speed.

However, if you want to copy some files from a backup-dvd you should deactivate DiscRotate temporarily.

For even easier drive settings a menu status item will be featured in version 0.3  
(Version 0.2)

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Feb 24 2008
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DAN FRIML  Works great on my MBP! Thanks for this, now I can listen to my CDs without copying them to computer first.

I have just one feature request.. A Menubar item (with some nice icon) to set the drive speed even easier.

Donation is on the way!  
(Version 0.1.1)

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Feb 22 2008

BOB_TM  Confirmed working Mac Mini Intel with Matshita CW-8124 drive. Love it so far :)  
(Version 0.1.1)

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Feb 22 2008

BOB_TM  Oh my God - I've been waiting for this utility like forever. Can't wait to try it out - may be I can start using my Mac Mini to play CDs without having the Mini make more sound than the speakers. Great!  
(Version 0.1.1)

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Feb 21 2008

LARSEN2K4  Works great with my internal and external DVD-drive on my Mac mini G4 - but there's a bug in the installation routine:

The deamon installs into /LibArary/DiscRotate, instead of /Library/DiscRotate, so I had to move it to the corret path manually.  
(Version 0.1b)

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Feb 22 2008

GEORG WACKER  thanks for reporting, fixed in 0.1.1 now.  
(Version 0.1.1)

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