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Track info on CDs
Where do audio CDs record the track and album names?
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax writes:
Where do audio CDs record the track and album names? Hi Dirk, They don't. There is a global internet database called CDDB (CD database) that stores this information, keyed by the CD number (which is somewhere in the TOC, I believe). -- % Randy Yates % "Watching all the days go by... %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % Who are you and who am I?" %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Mission (A World Record)', %%%% % *A New World Record*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com |
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Randy Yates wrote:
Dirk Bruere at NeoPax writes: Where do audio CDs record the track and album names? Hi Dirk, They don't. There is a global internet database called CDDB (CD database) that stores this information, keyed by the CD number (which is somewhere in the TOC, I believe). Located by the track time lengths from the TOC http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/notes/cddb.html geoff |
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"geoff" writes:
Randy Yates wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax writes: Where do audio CDs record the track and album names? Hi Dirk, They don't. There is a global internet database called CDDB (CD database) that stores this information, keyed by the CD number (which is somewhere in the TOC, I believe). Located by the track time lengths from the TOC http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/notes/cddb.html Oh my goodness! Written by none other than my newsreader author! Thanks for the reference, geoff - interesting! -- % Randy Yates % "Midnight, on the water... %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % I saw... the ocean's daughter." %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Can't Get It Out Of My Head' %%%% % *El Dorado*, Electric Light Orchestra http://www.digitalsignallabs.com |
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"Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" wrote ...
Where do audio CDs record the track and album names? Most audio CDs do NOT record this information. A very few use "CD-Text", and I've put that info into the CDs that I burn, but I've never seen a commercial CD with "CD-Text". Perhaps I listen to the wrong kind of music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-TEXT There are 2-3 internet databases where people have manually entered album, song, and artist information. The info is indexed by music genre, number of tracks, and track length (since there is no universal, unique identification otherwise). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...usic_databases |
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geoff wrote:
Randy Yates wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax writes: Where do audio CDs record the track and album names? Hi Dirk, They don't. There is a global internet database called CDDB (CD database) that stores this information, keyed by the CD number (which is somewhere in the TOC, I believe). Located by the track time lengths from the TOC http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/notes/cddb.html So how does a band/CD get entered into the database? -- Dirk http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff |
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax writes:
geoff wrote: Randy Yates wrote: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax writes: Where do audio CDs record the track and album names? Hi Dirk, They don't. There is a global internet database called CDDB (CD database) that stores this information, keyed by the CD number (which is somewhere in the TOC, I believe). Located by the track time lengths from the TOC http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/notes/cddb.html So how does a band/CD get entered into the database? Apparently it's got a bit of history. See he http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDDB Also, I think "freedb" is the new standard used by most players. Gracenote apparently killed cddb by trying to squeeze money out of it. -- % Randy Yates % "So now it's getting late, %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % and those who hesitate %%% 919-577-9882 % got no one..." %%%% % 'Waterfall', *Face The Music*, ELO http://www.digitalsignallabs.com |
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So how does a band/CD get entered into the database?
Somebody who owns the CD puts it into a computer while running a program which can read the track count/lengths and consult the Internet database. The database query comes back with a "No such album found" response. The kind CD-owner then types in the band name, CD title, track titles, and selects a genre for the album, and clicks a "Submit" button to upload the information to the database. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Friends of Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Dave Platt wrote:
So how does a band/CD get entered into the database? Somebody who owns the CD puts it into a computer while running a program which can read the track count/lengths and consult the Internet database. The database query comes back with a "No such album found" response. The kind CD-owner then types in the band name, CD title, track titles, and selects a genre for the album, and clicks a "Submit" button to upload the information to the database. Like a lot of things, the results are variable. In going through my CD collection, wanting to get the information local, I am surprised how few have not been entered. On the other hand, it's a bit surprising since one that wasn't would seem to be more common than some of those that are. Some are missing bits of information, such as the year. In going through my Christmas CDs, I note that many are marked as either "holiday" or "Christmas" yet there seems to be no mp3 tag for either (which isn't the fault of the people entering the data, but does cause a tiny problem when doing an automated rip of the CD to MP3s). There is inconsistency for CDs that have various artists, it seems common to put the artist in the title field along with the song title, but which comes first is variable, or some don't both with the artist. If course, like those things that are variable because Joe Nobody entered the entry, someone else can come along and remedy the situation, by editing the entry in the database. Michael |
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