gnome-mplayer spins DVD's too quickly and loudly

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Watching DVD's with gnome-mplayer

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I'm expecting that gnome-mplayer uses low drive speeds so that the drive 
doesn't hum loudly. I'm guessing it uses the maximum drive speed and the noise 
that the drive produces is loud.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
The version is 1.0.2 and I'm using it on Lubuntu 11.04.

Please provide any additional information below.
Command "eject -x 1" on terminal works for a little while and after few seconds 
drive speeds up to maximum.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jhietapa...@gmail.com on 17 Jul 2011 at 8:49

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This is an mplayer configuration issue, please add

dvd-speed=1

to you ~/.mplayer/config file and see if that helps.

from the mplayer man file

 -dvd-speed <factor or speed in KB/s> (DVD only)
              Try  to limit DVD speed (default: 0, no change).  DVD base speed
              is about 1350KB/s, so a 8x  drive  can  read  at  speeds  up  to
              10800KB/s.   Slower speeds make the drive more quiet, for watch‐
              ing DVDs 2700KB/s should be quiet and fast enough.  MPlayer  re‐
              sets the speed to the drive default value on close.  Values less
              than 100 mean multiples of 1350KB/s, i.e. -dvd-speed  8  selects
              10800KB/s.
              NOTE:  You  need  write  access  to the DVD device to change the
              speed.

Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 18 Jul 2011 at 4:08

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Original comment by kdeko...@gmail.com on 15 Oct 2013 at 9:59

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