CDSlow GPL 3+
CDSlow is a program to control the speed of CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives.
More precisely, to limit the maximum speed of the drive for reducing the noise,
when it is not required to read the data very fast (for example,
when listening a MP3 music). At the same time it improves the readability
and prevent the burst of a low-quality CD's in a high-speed drives.
The program has many additional features - control drive tray (EJECT/CLOSE),
a reminder of forgotten CD's, the hot keys, the autorun management functions.
- Program interface is organized as an icon in the taskbar,
allowing you to quickly change the speed.
- Program can start automatically at logon, and
set the required speed for the drives.
- It can restore speed after disk is changed, wakeup from hibernation,
or by timer.
- It has the functions for opening/closing/locking the drive tray.
- Contains built-in ability to manage autorun functions.
- Hot keys are supported for open/close tray and change speed.
- Program can set a password for opening the drive tray.
- Can act as reminder of forgotten CD's at shutdown.
- Can save a copy of the settings in the file.
- Works with multiple drives.
- Can control optical drives from command line.
- Program has small size and can run without installation.
You can e-mail me at: cdslow@mail.ru
New versions of CDSlow will be published at
http://cdslow.org.ru/en/cdslow.
(C) Vadim Druzhin
22 February 2021