Sunny wrote:

On 12/14/06, Joachim Schrod wrote:

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Hello,

I have some directories with wav files that were dumped from a CD. They have the enlightening file names track??.wav.

If I burn these files to a CD, I can do a freedb lookup on them. I'm looking for a tool that allows me to do this freedb lookup on the directory.

instead of burning the CD, why not just create the .iso image and use it?

I don't understand you, but I would like to. My understanding: An .iso image is a data disk image and not an audio disk. In fact, it is is one track on a CD, whereas an audio disk has multiple tracks. (Not counting multi-session CDs here; you don't have _one_ .iso image for them either.) Most programs with CDDB support access an audio disk that's inserted in the CD device and query a CDDB-compatible database about its content. It is not possible to pass the image of a data disk to these programs. For most of them it is also not possible to pass a directory, that's my question, after all. So it's not sensible to mount the .iso either -- then I'm as far as I was before. But I may have missed something and want to learn: How am I supposed to use the .iso? Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 14 Dec 2006, bmarsh@bmarsh.com wrote:

However, it seems that the freedb database has been taken over by someone else, (go to the web site to find out) and the database is broken at this time. Supposedly they are improving it, but it has been broken a long time.

Use freedb2.org (TrackType.org) instead. The server name is: freedb.freedb2.org and the path is /~cddb/cddb.cgi Charles -- "The world is beating a path to our door" -- Bruce Perens, (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates)

On 14 Dec 2006, bmarsh@bmarsh.com wrote:

tracktype.org resolves and also freedb2.org resolves but

freedb.freedb2.org does not.

You are correct, I was confused with the old freedb URL. Charles -- printk(KERN_ERR "happy meal: Fry guys."); linux-2.6.6/drivers/net/sunhme.c

On 14 Dec 2006, bmarsh@bmarsh.com wrote:

Unfortunately the manual search doesn't work at freedb2.org either.

I got the site from hydrogenaudio, but I didn't test it out since I don't have any new CD's. However, I just tried it, and some programs work (eg. KAudioCreator, grip) and some don't (eg. easytag), this is really baffling. Anyway, here is a list of programs that have been reported to work: http://www.freedb2.org/news.html Charles -- printk(KERN_ERR "happy meal: Fry guys."); linux-2.6.6/drivers/net/sunhme.c

Joachim Schrod wrote:

Charles philip Chan wrote:

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On 14 Dec 2006, bmarsh@bmarsh.com wrote:

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However, it seems that the freedb database has been taken over by someone else, (go to the web site to find out) and the database is broken at this time. Supposedly they are improving it, but it has been broken a long time.

Use freedb2.org (TrackType.org) instead. The server name is:

freedb.freedb2.org and the path is /~cddb/cddb.cgi

For the record: I didn't have to change anything in easytag, or in any other software that uses freedb. freedb.freedb.org provides access via cdddp://freedb.freedb.org:8880/ as well as via http://freedb.freedb.org/~cddb/cddb.cgi. And one of these two access methods were preconfigured in all my applications; I don't change them usually. I haven't had any problems with the database either. (Well, besides the data quality, but that's a problem as long as cddb exists. All uncategorized CDs are blues...)

I have to say that I'm reluctant to use tracktype.org. He doesn't want to release the code for his stuff, and he wants to make new data submissions public domain. I much prefer the GPL approach of freedb, as public domain submissions can be ripped off even easier, c.f. the cddb debacle a few years ago.

FWIW, five minutes ago, I saw an easytag update message on the packman list that mentions gnudb.org -- yet another freedb successor candidate. On their Web site there's no information on licensing, plans, or other related information, though. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 15 Dec 2006, jschrod@acm.org wrote:

For the record: I didn't have to change anything in easytag, or in any other software that uses freedb. freedb.freedb.org provides access via cdddp://freedb.freedb.org:8880/ as well as via http://freedb.freedb.org/~cddb/cddb.cgi.

Yes, freedb is working again after the domain was purchased by MAGIX. The service was down due to in fighting: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=46140 However, since it is now owned by a cooperation, there is no guarantee that there won't be a license change later on. Charles -- panic("Tell me what a watchpoint trap is, and I'll then deal with such a beast..."); linux-2.2.16/arch/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c

On 15 Dec 2006, jschrod@acm.org wrote:

I have to say that I'm reluctant to use tracktype.org. He doesn't want to release the code for his stuff, and he wants to make new data submissions public domain.

Agreed. Charles -- die_if_kernel("Kernel gets FloatingPenguinUnit disabled trap", regs); linux-2.2.16/arch/sparc/kernel/traps.c