[SLUG] hdparm dma and Kino

[david <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

intrepid, and I'm trying to run Kino.

I'm getting a lot of flickering (dropped frames?) and the Kino site suggests 
setting dma mode to 1 using this command:

# hdparm -d1 /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 setting using_dma to 1 (on)
 HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
 HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device


Does anyone have any suggestions either:

 how to set dma, or if it's a good idea?

 how to stop Kino capture from flickering?


thanks


David.